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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. They also believed that art begins where?
(a) Within.
(b) In nature.
(c) In a paint palette.
(d) In a picture.

3. How will guests salute this flower upon entering the space?
(a) With a dance.
(b) With a song.
(c) With a kiss.
(d) With a profound bow.

4. The guests must hunch down to enter the ______________ door.
(a) Three-foot-high.
(b) Two-foot-high.
(c) Four-foot-high.
(d) One-foot-high.

5. What is the purpose of the garden path?
(a) It is a place to relax.
(b) It connects the larger structure with the tea room.
(c) It surrounds the tea room.
(d) It is a place to drink tea.

6. Lastly, tea masters have an understanding of the ________________ of life.
(a) Brevity.
(b) Waste.
(c) Dullness.
(d) Quality.

7. What are a part of the tea room and also Japanese culture in general?
(a) Renewing and reusing.
(b) Peace and quiet.
(c) Rebuilding and renewal.
(d) Respect and trust.

8. When does the host appear?
(a) After three days.
(b) Prior to the arrival of the guests.
(c) Only when there is complete silence.
(d) At night.

9. Art loving is compared to what experience?
(a) A religious experience.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) A learning experience.
(d) Dancing.

10. Can vain artists, absorbed with their own genius, ever truly connect with others?
(a) No, not often.
(b) Yes, most of the time.
(c) No, never.
(d) Yes, always.

11. What do the great masters never forget?
(a) They are special.
(b) They are immortal.
(c) They have been given a gift.
(d) They are making art for an audience.

12. Tea masters have done what to further art in Japan?
(a) Much.
(b) Not much.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Very little.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rikyu had a final, magnificent ___________________.

2. The tea room looks small and impoverished, and the construction of one may be __________.

3. If something is ancient, is it art?

4. If something is ancient, is it valuable?

5. Early tea rooms were connected to what?

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