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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom is the tea room designed?
(a) A specific god.
(b) A specific tea-master.
(c) The type of tea.
(d) The guests.

2. How might a tea room appear to a Westerner?
(a) Quite appealing.
(b) Quite barren.
(c) Quite elaborate.
(d) Quite exciting.

3. Tao, translated literally, means what?
(a) A God.
(b) A Peace.
(c) A Path.
(d) A Light.

4. Some statesmen, philosophers, and artists of the West could be referred to as what?
(a) "Tea-lovers."
(b) "Tea-aestheticians."
(c) "Tea-philosophers."
(d) "Tea-fiends."

5. What represents a harmonious synthesis of these personalities?
(a) The Book of Tea.
(b) The Tea Story.
(c) The Tea Tale.
(d) The Tale of Tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Taoism challenge?

2. Okakura uses this tale to illustrate what?

3. Beyond curating, he wrote several books, lectured extensively, and submitted articles to _______________ journals.

4. Can vain artists, absorbed with their own genius, ever truly connect with others?

5. What did some claim about tea?

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