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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. The book also discusses well-known tea drinkers from history, and_________ methods of tea drinking which are to be avoided.
(a) "Ugly."
(b) "Gross."
(c) "Vulgar."
(d) "Disgusting."

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

3. Lu Wu is associated with what era?
(a) The Burnt Tea.
(b) The Boiled Tea.
(c) The Black Tea.
(d) The Steamed Tea.

4. The year _______ is the first written mention of tea in the Western world.
(a) 869.
(b) 849.
(c) 859.
(d) 879.

5. For what was tea praised?
(a) Being inexpensive, medicinal, and tasting good.
(b) Its abilities to reduce stress.
(c) Its abilities to reduce fatigue, empower the soul, and repair eyesight.
(d) Its abilities to grow in all climates.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are how many main eras of tea?

2. Lu Wu, in this book, describes what aspects of tea?

3. When was this power of tea shown?

4. When was tea first brought to Europe?

5. The harm we do to others is a result of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the history of Taoism and tea?

3. Is it appropriate for Westerners to learn tea's origin and how it is used elsewhere? Why or why not?

4. Who began modernization in Japan? What did modernization do to Japan, according to the author?

5. What was the opinion of tea?

6. What is said about THE BOOK OF TEA and tea at the end of the chapter?

7. What happened during the Mongol invasion of China?

8. How does Zennism oppose Buddhism?

9. Why is there so much fuss about tea?

10. What did Fenollosa and Okakura do together? How and why did their travels together end?

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