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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eastern plant care is an ancient art and treasured custom, and from this tea-masters have developed what is called what?
(a) The Church of Flowers.
(b) The Cult of Flowers.
(c) The Temple of Flowers.
(d) The Monastery of Flowers.

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

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

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

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

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

7. If something is ancient, is it art?
(a) Yes, usually.
(b) Not necessarily.
(c) No, never.
(d) Yes, always.

8. Why did most great tea-masters use Zen concepts for the tea room?
(a) They were Zen priests.
(b) They were students of Zen.
(c) They were the children of Zen.
(d) They knew no other way to serve tea.

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

10. 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.

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

12. Others were trying to create what feeling?
(a) Worry.
(b) Hopelessness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Spiritual awakening.

13. The tea room looks small and impoverished, and the construction of one may be __________.
(a) Very cheap.
(b) Somewhat cheap.
(c) Very costly.
(d) Somewhat costly.

14. Flowers and trees are selected how?
(a) Very hastily.
(b) Very quickly.
(c) Very carefully.
(d) Very slowly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Many things were all consciously ______________, especially during the tea ceremony.

2. When does the host appear?

3. He gave his precious utensils out to guests, shattered the tea bowl into fragments, and then took his own life by doing what?

4. Tea-masters are _______________ when choosing the art.

5. How many can a tea room accommodate?

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