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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. He studied at an English-language university, and was fluent in what three languages?
(a) Chinese, English, and Japanese.
(b) Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
(c) Chinese, French, and Japanese.
(d) English, French, and Japanese.

2. Okakura again emphasizes that tea can do what for a culture?
(a) Destroy it.
(b) Confuse it.
(c) Alter it.
(d) Speak volumes about it.

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

4. 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) Petitions.
(b) Rallies.
(c) Wars.
(d) Rebellions.

5. These are different from ________________, which is a communistic thought.
(a) Non-Confucianism.
(b) Daoism.
(c) Confucianism.
(d) Neo-Confucianism.

Short Answer Questions

1. America's own __________________ shows the power of tea.

2. As with vintage and concern with years with wine in Europe, different tea periods can tell us what about Japan?

3. Who brought the tea to Europe?

4. Lao Tzu's famous metaphor for this train of thought is what?

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

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