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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Their _________ dress have influenced many Japanese.
(a) Decorative.
(b) Sober.
(c) Dull.
(d) Colorful.

2. Finally a harp master named ___________ took the harp.
(a) Pai Ya.
(b) Rin Miu.
(c) Unenko Tomomi.
(d) Yoko Sayuri.

3. What is the tea room?
(a) A simple cottage.
(b) A large barn-like structure.
(c) A small room.
(d) A dining room.

4. A masterpiece viewed in this way becomes what?
(a) A "restful place."
(b) A "sterile object."
(c) A "living reality."
(d) An "educational experience."

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

6. With what should archaeology not be confused?
(a) Art.
(b) Innovation.
(c) Science.
(d) Philosophy.

7. Of what did he sing?
(a) Love and war.
(b) Peace and harmony.
(c) Silence.
(d) Nature, beauty, war, and many other aspects of life.

8. Tea-masters were conscious of art as what?
(a) A sport.
(b) A form of entertainment.
(c) A hobby.
(d) A living.

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

10. There was once a great harp crafted from what?
(a) The finest tree in the land.
(b) Gold.
(c) Tea.
(d) The hair of a god.

11. He gave his precious utensils out to guests, shattered the tea bowl into fragments, and then took his own life by doing what?
(a) Jumping into the sea.
(b) Drinking poison.
(c) Shooting himself in the head.
(d) Stabbing himself in the stomach.

12. Even the tea-master was ______ himself.
(a) Unique.
(b) Art.
(c) A flower.
(d) Music.

13. Many things were all consciously ______________, especially during the tea ceremony.
(a) Spoken.
(b) Seen.
(c) Controlled.
(d) Acknowledged.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the host appear?

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

3. How does Okakura feel about modern art appreciation?

4. They also believed that art begins where?

5. The tea room not only contrasts Western architecture, it is quite different from what?

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