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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 claim about tea?
(a) It caused health problems.
(b) It cured health problems.
(c) It was expensive.
(d) It was dirty.

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

3. Are stereotypes breaking down with modernization?
(a) No.
(b) Only at first.
(c) Only slightly.
(d) Yes.

4. The Japanese under ______________________in the second half of the 19th century were pursuing efforts to modernize.
(a) Emperor Meiji.
(b) Emperor Suizei.
(c) Emperor Jimmu.
(d) Emperor Itoku.

5. America's own __________________ shows the power of tea.
(a) Asian restaurants.
(b) Tea time.
(c) Green tea.
(d) Boston Tea Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fenollosa and Okakura went around Asia, doing what?

2. What is the word for the "religion of aestheticism," which has grown up around tea in Japanese culture?

3. He studied under a Harvard-educated American, Ernest Fenollosa, who was instrumental in _________________ Westernization in Japan.

4. When was tea first brought to Europe?

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

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