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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. What did some people call tea?
(a) A "filthy custom."
(b) A "strange custom."
(c) A "foul-smelling custom."
(d) A "foul-tasting custom."

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

3. What is the word for the "religion of aestheticism," which has grown up around tea in Japanese culture?
(a) Tea-Taoism.
(b) Teaism.
(c) Teatimism.
(d) T-ism.

4. When was tea first brought to Europe?
(a) The late-1300s.
(b) The late-1200s.
(c) The late-1400s.
(d) The late-1500s.

5. Have Asians in turn developed the same for this culture?
(a) No.
(b) Not at first.
(c) Yes.
(d) At first.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fenollosa left to curate what museum?

2. Is it appropriate for Westerners to learn tea's origins and how tea is used elsewhere?

3. What cannot be disputed is that, in his time, he was one of the greatest _____________ scholars, and his knowledge of this art was unparalleled.

4. Would the state fund Okakura's school?

5. Why were they referred to in this way?

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