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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. Mankind is well known for investing great care in __________ things.
(a) Useless.
(b) Large.
(c) Medium.
(d) Small.

2. Modernization came with a price, namely, the destruction of what?
(a) The welfare system in Japan.
(b) The 'old' or traditional way of Japanese living.
(c) The power of the empire.
(d) The health of the Japanese people.

3. Zennism believes that nothing is real except what?
(a) Earth.
(b) God.
(c) Mankind.
(d) The human mind.

4. 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) Rebellions.
(b) Petitions.
(c) Rallies.
(d) Wars.

5. Would the state fund Okakura's school?
(a) Only much later.
(b) Only at first.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has developed a whole host of bizarre and incorrect stereotypes for Asians?

2. The Boiled Tea era used tea as what?

3. Have Asians in turn developed the same for this culture?

4. What does Taoism say about right and wrong?

5. Okakura was born in 1862 to whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what is tea known?

2. What happened during the Mongol invasion of China?

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

4. Describe Okakura's education.

5. Describe the Whipped Tea era.

6. How are the Whipped Tea era and the Boiled Tea era different?

7. Will the West ever truly understand the East? Why or why not? What stereotypes have formed? Are these stereotypes breaking down? Why or why not?

8. How is the vacuum used in another art form?

9. Why is there so much fuss about tea?

10. How did Zen contribute to Eastern thought?

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