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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. Tea was known in China since when?
(a) Several decades ago.
(b) Modern times.
(c) Ancient times.
(d) Four decades ago.

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

3. The person in #60 combined teaism with Confucianism, Taoism, and what other religion?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Hinduism.

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

5. It is unfortunate that Taoism and Zennism, which are so intimately linked to Teaism, have had no very good translations for who to digest properly?
(a) Non-Asians.
(b) Westerners.
(c) Easterners.
(d) Americans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the book he wrote?

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

4. Okakura could be brilliant but also ________________; visionary but suffering from cultural myopia, arrogant and pedantic but sentimental.

5. The West may never truly _______________ the East.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is there so much fuss about tea?

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

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

4. What is the history of Taoism and tea?

5. How did Zen contribute to Eastern thought?

6. How does Zennism oppose Buddhism?

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

8. What is Zennism?

9. What are Taoist beliefs? How did this affect the feelings toward authority and laws?

10. Describe the Whipped Tea era.

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