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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brought the tea to Europe?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Asians.
(c) Explorers.
(d) Immigrants.

2. What do Taoists think about organized religion?
(a) It should be made suspect.
(b) It should be required.
(c) It should be law.
(d) It should be respected.

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

4. 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) Strangeness and rigidity.
(b) Peace and acceptance.
(c) Respect and quiet.
(d) Quaintness and childishness.

5. Taoism and its successor, _____________, represent an individualistic trend in Southern Chinese thought.
(a) Shintoism.
(b) Zennism.
(c) Zenithism.
(d) Buddhism.

6. There are how many main eras of tea?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

7. The editor sees ___________ distinct sides of Okakura which he would alternately exhibit.
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

8. What did some people call tea?
(a) A "foul-smelling custom."
(b) A "strange custom."
(c) A "filthy custom."
(d) A "foul-tasting custom."

9. 1898, Okakura resigned his official post in a state institution to found what?
(a) The Asian Art Institute.
(b) The Japanese Art Institution.
(c) The Chinese Art School.
(d) The East Asian School of Art.

10. In what century was a man named Lu Wu born?
(a) The 6th.
(b) The 8th.
(c) The 7th.
(d) The 5th.

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

12. Okakura could be brilliant but also ________________; visionary but suffering from cultural myopia, arrogant and pedantic but sentimental.
(a) Infantile.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Unsure.
(d) Unintelligent.

13. Is it appropriate for Westerners to learn tea's origins and how tea is used elsewhere?
(a) No. It will never be appropriate.
(b) Possibly.
(c) No, not yet.
(d) Yes.

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

15. The harm we do to others is a result of what?
(a) Others treating us poorly.
(b) A failure to know ourselves and come to grips with our own wickedness.
(c) The devil.
(d) Accidents.

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. Okakura again emphasizes that tea can do what for a culture?

3. Is there a mechanical method for making tea?

4. When was tea first brought to Europe?

5. The year _______ is the first written mention of tea in the Western world.

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