The Book of Tea Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Okakura Kakuzō
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Book of Tea Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Okakura Kakuzō
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another side?
(a) The knowing one.
(b) The sentimentalist.
(c) The self-assured.
(d) The friend.

2. America's own __________________ shows the power of tea.
(a) Asian restaurants.
(b) Boston Tea Party.
(c) Tea time.
(d) Green tea.

3. Many did not accept efforts of modernization. There are several _________________________ documented from this time period, and many more scholars and others who attempted to preserve the old culture resisted modernization.
(a) Rallies.
(b) Wars.
(c) Rebellions.
(d) Petitions.

4. Zennism believes that nothing is real except what?
(a) The human mind.
(b) Mankind.
(c) Earth.
(d) God.

5. The Boiled Tea era used tea as what?
(a) A medicine.
(b) A way to relax.
(c) A sort of poetry, emphasizing its symbolic nature.
(d) A bartering tool.

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

7. The chief contribution of Taoism to Asiatic life is what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Tea.
(c) Communal living.
(d) Aesthetic theory.

8. What is something that Westerners have invested in in excess?
(a) War.
(b) Ecology.
(c) Peace.
(d) Others.

9. The Japanese under ______________________in the second half of the 19th century were pursuing efforts to modernize.
(a) Emperor Jimmu.
(b) Emperor Suizei.
(c) Emperor Itoku.
(d) Emperor Meiji.

10. With what is Taoism is mostly concerned?
(a) "Conformity of the group" and unity within a community.
(b) "Cosmic change" and the infinite nature of the universe.
(c) "Personal change" and what takes place in the self.
(d) "Earthly change" and spiritual growth.

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

12. He studied at an English-language university, and was fluent in what three languages?
(a) Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
(b) Chinese, English, and Japanese.
(c) Chinese, French, and Japanese.
(d) English, French, and Japanese.

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

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

15. Are stereotypes breaking down with modernization?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Only at first.
(d) Only slightly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Would the state fund Okakura's school?

2. Taoism emphasizes what?

3. There are how many main eras of tea?

4. It is said that a man named Kwanyin presented to his master Lao Tzu tea in what?

5. When was tea first brought to Europe?

(see the answer keys)

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