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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 Zennism mean?
(a) Peace.
(b) Silence.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Meditation.

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

3. 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.

4. Tea requires who to bring out its "noblest qualities?"
(a) A tea chef.
(b) A tea master.
(c) A tea leader.
(d) A tea artist.

5. Okakura worked to make the Boston Museum a world-famous repository of what?
(a) Chinese art.
(b) Asian art.
(c) Korean art.
(d) Japanese art.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Japanese under ______________________in the second half of the 19th century were pursuing efforts to modernize.

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

3. Why does Lu Wu prefer blue tea cups?

4. This imagery is reflected in many arts, such as the martial art of ____________ which emphasizes absorbing the enemy's blows in order to exhaust him.

5. What is one of these sides?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did tea begin?

5. What was the opinion of tea?

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

7. Describe the Whipped Tea era.

8. Describe Okakura's education.

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

10. What is teaism?

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