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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many Japanese treated heirlooms and traditional art as what?
(a) Everyday items.
(b) Little more than junk.
(c) Family jewels.
(d) Precious treasures.

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

3. Taoism emphasizes what?
(a) Unity and balance.
(b) Wholeness and totality.
(c) Simplicity and peace.
(d) Love and kindness.

4. He studied under a Harvard-educated American, Ernest Fenollosa, who was instrumental in _________________ Westernization in Japan.
(a) Promoting.
(b) Encouraging.
(c) Halting.
(d) Ignoring.

5. What is paramount to the state?
(a) Love.
(b) The individual.
(c) Religion.
(d) The community.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1890 the two split, perhaps due to what, and the fact that Okakura was outdoing his master?

2. Why does Lu Wu prefer blue tea cups?

3. Okakura was born in 1862 to whom?

4. Zennism emphasized the abstract and the imaginary, whereas Buddhism emphasized what?

5. He studied at an English-language university, and was fluent in what three languages?

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