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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. What does the "religion of aestheticism" celebrate?
(a) The beautiful, the pure, and the harmonious.
(b) The peaceful and muted.
(c) The colorful and bright.
(d) That which is in unity.

2. Is there a mechanical method for making tea?
(a) No.
(b) Usually.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Yes.

3. He studied under a Harvard-educated American, Ernest Fenollosa, who was instrumental in _________________ Westernization in Japan.
(a) Ignoring.
(b) Promoting.
(c) Encouraging.
(d) Halting.

4. The era that is the answer to number 69 was part of what dynasty?
(a) Han Dynasty.
(b) Qin Dynasty.
(c) The Western Zhou dynasty.
(d) The Sung.

5. Okakura was born in 1862 to whom?
(a) A professor.
(b) A potter.
(c) A silk merchant.
(d) A factory worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. He died in 1913 after returning to Tokyo and contracting what disease?

2. Tao, translated literally, means what?

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

4. Fenollosa and Okakura went around Asia, doing what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When did tea first arrive in the Western world? Who brought it?

2. For what is tea known?

3. How did tea begin?

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

5. What is the editor's opinion of Okakura?

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

7. What is Zennism?

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

9. What was the opinion of tea?

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

(see the answer keys)

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