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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Many did not accept efforts of modernization. There are several _________________________ documented from this time period, and many more scholars and others who attempted to preserve the old culture resisted modernization.
(a) Wars.
(b) Rebellions.
(c) Rallies.
(d) Petitions.

2. What is another side?
(a) The self-assured.
(b) The friend.
(c) The knowing one.
(d) The sentimentalist.

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

4. Okakura used tea as a symbol for what in East Asia?
(a) Love.
(b) Art.
(c) Life.
(d) Freedom.

5. It is said that a man named Kwanyin presented to his master Lao Tzu tea in what?
(a) The first known tea ceremony.
(b) A large tea cup.
(c) A large tea ceremony.
(d) One of the first tea ceremonies.

Short Answer Questions

1. The West may never truly _______________ the East.

2. The editor sees ___________ distinct sides of Okakura which he would alternately exhibit.

3. Tea began as what and only gradually grew into a beverage?

4. This imagery is reflected in many arts, such as the martial art of ____________ which emphasizes absorbing the enemy's blows in order to exhaust him.

5. Why has the exact meaning of Tao changed based upon context?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the two men do once they parted ways?

2. What are differences between China and Japan, regarding culture and tea?

3. Why is there so much fuss about tea?

4. Who was Lu Wu? What were his beliefs about tea?

5. What is the chief contribution of Taoism to Asiatic life? Describe this.

6. What might a typical Westerner see in the tea ceremony?

7. What are the three main tea eras? How are these eras significant?

8. Is tea art? If so, how? If not, why not?

9. Did all Japanese accept modern, Western attitudes and behaviors? How do you know this?

10. What is teaism?

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