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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. Okakura was born in 1862 to whom?
(a) A potter.
(b) A factory worker.
(c) A silk merchant.
(d) A professor.

2. Okakura worked to make the Boston Museum a world-famous repository of what?
(a) Japanese art.
(b) Asian art.
(c) Korean art.
(d) Chinese art.

3. Have Westerners embraced tea fully?
(a) No, not at all.
(b) No, not fully.
(c) Yes, as a beverage and a social event.
(d) Yes, as a beverage.

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

5. Why were they referred to in this way?
(a) They discussed the aesthetic qualities of tea.
(b) They used tea as an artistic medium.
(c) They used tea for creative inspiration and contemplate tea itself, celebrating its essence.
(d) They loved tea more than anything else.

Short Answer Questions

1. 1898, Okakura resigned his official post in a state institution to found what?

2. 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.

3. The editor sees ___________ distinct sides of Okakura which he would alternately exhibit.

4. What represents a harmonious synthesis of these personalities?

5. Have Asians in turn developed the same for this culture?

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