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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Art Appreciation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were they referred to in this way?
(a) They loved tea more than anything else.
(b) They used tea as an artistic medium.
(c) They discussed the aesthetic qualities of tea.
(d) They used tea for creative inspiration and contemplate tea itself, celebrating its essence.

2. What was the name of the book he wrote?
(a) Ching Ching.
(b) Chin Chan.
(c) Chong Kim.
(d) Ch'a Ching.

3. Did anyone oppose tea?
(a) Yes, all.
(b) Yes, many.
(c) Yes, some.
(d) No.

4. 1898, Okakura resigned his official post in a state institution to found what?
(a) The Japanese Art Institution.
(b) The Asian Art Institute.
(c) The East Asian School of Art.
(d) The Chinese Art School.

5. A typical Westerner might see in the tea ceremony a certain ____________________________ that he would then equate to the entire culture of Japan and its people.
(a) Peace and acceptance.
(b) Quaintness and childishness.
(c) Strangeness and rigidity.
(d) Respect and quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invented the independent tea room?

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

3. Many tried to play the harp--could it be mastered?

4. This imagery is reflected in many arts, such as the martial art of ____________ which emphasizes absorbing the enemy's blows in order to exhaust him.

5. The chief contribution of Taoism to Asiatic life is what?

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