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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tea-masters justify the cutting of flowers by viewing it as what?
(a) A requirement to keep the flower population in check.
(b) A need of the people.
(c) A sacrifice in the service of a great and noble idea or artistic expression.
(d) A beautiful art form.

2. What is it important to remember about this art?
(a) It is a requirement.
(b) It is not a religious rite.
(c) It is a religious rite.
(d) It is a prayer.

3. This door, forcing everyone to hunch down, was meant to do what?
(a) Embarrass.
(b) Inspire humility.
(c) Be uncomfortable.
(d) Humiliate.

4. Who invented the independent tea room?
(a) Beniko.
(b) Aiko.
(c) Rikyu.
(d) Teiko.

5. During one of these fights, who planted rumors that Rikyu planned to poison his lord?
(a) Other tea-masters.
(b) Enemies of Rikyu.
(c) Rikyu's friends.
(d) Rikyu.

6. Okakura tells the story of the _________ Tea of Rikyu.
(a) First.
(b) Second.
(c) Only.
(d) Last.

7. The lord believed the rumors and condemned Rikyu to what?
(a) Solitary confinement.
(b) Death.
(c) Punishment.
(d) Prison.

8. Rikyu was a tea master serving his patron lord ____________.
(a) Emi.
(b) Naomi.
(c) Hideyoshi.
(d) Misaki.

9. Tea-masters, in choosing art for their ceremonies, only choose what pieces?
(a) Those which specifically speak to them.
(b) Those that their patrons like.
(c) Those that are most expensive.
(d) Those that suit their tea.

10. Many stories in Japan feature the rescue of what?
(a) Tea masters.
(b) People.
(c) Monks.
(d) Art pieces.

11. How many can a tea room accommodate?
(a) No more than five people.
(b) No more than two people.
(c) No more than ten people.
(d) No more than twenty people.

12. The art of flower arrangement began with whom?
(a) Buddhist saints.
(b) Christian disciples.
(c) Zennist monks.
(d) Hindu priests.

13. What was the purpose of the garden path?
(a) To preserve nature.
(b) To sever any connection to the outside world.
(c) To make the land around the tea room look aesthetically-pleasing.
(d) So tea drinkers could have a nice view.

14. Why did Rikyu frequently have arguments with his patron lord?
(a) He liked to stir up trouble.
(b) They often did not see eye to eye.
(c) His patron lord was unkind.
(d) He was never content to be servile.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If something is ancient, is it valuable?

2. How will guests salute this flower upon entering the space?

3. Tea-masters were conscious of art as what?

4. Eastern so-called _____________________ perceive that they deal in death, and so treat flowers carefully and with honor.

5. Okakura uses this tale to illustrate what?

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