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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Taoism and Zennism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Okakura went to America with many _____________________ to sell to Americans.
(a) Paintings.
(b) Drawings.
(c) Prints.
(d) Wares.

2. For whom did tea became a favorite?
(a) Emperors and their courts.
(b) Monks and priests.
(c) Kings and Queens.
(d) Villagers and farmers.

3. Many did not accept efforts of modernization. There are several _________________________ documented from this time period, and many more scholars and others who attempted to preserve the old culture resisted modernization.
(a) Wars.
(b) Rebellions.
(c) Rallies.
(d) Petitions.

4. What does Taoism say about right and wrong?
(a) They are relative and not absolute.
(b) They are objective.
(c) They are concrete.
(d) They are not arguable.

5. Zennism believes that nothing is real except what?
(a) The human mind.
(b) God.
(c) Mankind.
(d) Earth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has been beneficial to this "religion of aestheticism?"

3. What does Zennism mean?

4. Taoism emphasizes what?

5. Tea requires who to bring out its "noblest qualities?"

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