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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fenollosa and Okakura went around Asia, doing what?
(a) Finding art and other objects to preserve.
(b) Speaking Japanese.
(c) Teaching art history.
(d) Encouraging others to treasure Japanese culture.

2. Would the state fund Okakura's school?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Only at first.
(d) Only much later.

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

4. Through consecrated meditation, what can be attained?
(a) Supreme self-knowledge and self-realization.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Understanding of life.
(d) Nirvana.

5. The tea room is primarily derived in spirit from what?
(a) The Buddhist monastery.
(b) The Catholic monastery.
(c) The Hindu monastery.
(d) The Zen monastery.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book also discusses well-known tea drinkers from history, and_________ methods of tea drinking which are to be avoided.

2. As what is the portico used?

3. How might a tea room appear to a Westerner?

4. Flowers are a natural beauty that inspires what?

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

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