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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Cup of Humanity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brought the tea to Europe?
(a) Explorers.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Immigrants.
(d) Asians.

2. How did tea grew in popularity?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Steadily.
(d) Sporadically.

3. Is it appropriate for Westerners to learn tea's origins and how tea is used elsewhere?
(a) No. It will never be appropriate.
(b) Possibly.
(c) No, not yet.
(d) Yes.

4. A typical Westerner might see in the tea ceremony a certain ____________________________ that he would then equate to the entire culture of Japan and its people.
(a) Respect and quiet.
(b) Quaintness and childishness.
(c) Strangeness and rigidity.
(d) Peace and acceptance.

5. What does the "religion of aestheticism" celebrate?
(a) The peaceful and muted.
(b) The colorful and bright.
(c) That which is in unity.
(d) The beautiful, the pure, and the harmonious.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was tea first brought to Europe?

2. Modernization came with a price, namely, the destruction of what?

3. What is one of these sides?

4. Are stereotypes breaking down with modernization?

5. What is another side?

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