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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. When was this power of tea shown?
(a) By the late-1700s.
(b) By the late-1600s.
(c) By the late-1500s.
(d) By the late-1400s.

2. What is something that Westerners have invested in in excess?
(a) Others.
(b) Peace.
(c) War.
(d) Ecology.

3. What is one of these sides?
(a) The great student.
(b) The great artisan.
(c) The great scholar.
(d) The great painter.

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

5. Who has developed a whole host of bizarre and incorrect stereotypes for Asians?
(a) The East.
(b) The South.
(c) The West.
(d) The North.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1890 the two split, perhaps due to what, and the fact that Okakura was outdoing his master?

2. Tao, translated literally, means what?

3. The year _______ is the first written mention of tea in the Western world.

4. These are different from ________________, which is a communistic thought.

5. Many Japanese treated heirlooms and traditional art as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Zen contribute to Eastern thought?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happened during the Mongol invasion of China?

9. What was the opinion of tea?

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

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