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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lu Wu could be considered what?
(a) "Our god of tea."
(b) "Our first apostle of tea."
(c) "Our tea man."
(d) "Our tea Jesus."

2. Is there a mechanical method for making tea?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Yes.
(c) Usually.
(d) No.

3. ____________ and tea are connected in legend.
(a) Hinduism
(b) Taoism.
(c) Zennism.
(d) Buddhism.

4. Why has the exact meaning of Tao changed based upon context?
(a) The original text has been lost.
(b) The original meaning is lost in translation.
(c) Lao Tzu did not want others to believe as he believed.
(d) Lao Tzu was uncertain about its conception himself.

5. Can vain artists, absorbed with their own genius, ever truly connect with others?
(a) Yes, most of the time.
(b) No, never.
(c) No, not often.
(d) Yes, always.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did anyone oppose tea?

2. Okakura could be brilliant but also ________________; visionary but suffering from cultural myopia, arrogant and pedantic but sentimental.

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

4. As what is the portico used?

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

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