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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. This door, forcing everyone to hunch down, was meant to do what?
(a) Inspire humility.
(b) Be uncomfortable.
(c) Humiliate.
(d) Embarrass.

2. Rikyu had a final, magnificent ___________________.
(a) Song.
(b) Tea ceremony.
(c) Dance.
(d) Lunch.

3. Tea master influence is reflected in aspects of what?
(a) Tea ceremonies.
(b) Meals.
(c) Everyday life.
(d) Japanese education.

4. How is the music described?
(a) Powerful and beautiful.
(b) Unique and interesting.
(c) Smooth and graceful.
(d) Loud and overbearing.

5. What are the invention of tea masters?
(a) Many dishes.
(b) Many silk flowers.
(c) Many tea cups.
(d) Many other art forms.

Short Answer Questions

1. To truly appreciate art, one must do what?

2. What is kept in the anteroom?

3. How many schools of thought exist in flower arrangement?

4. Humans have demonstrated again and again that they are what?

5. The tea room is primarily derived in spirit from what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is non-symmetry and non-repetition important?

2. Why is the tea room intended to be barren?

3. How did Rikyu's life come to an end?

4. Describe the inside of a tea room.

5. Describe the attitude of "Flower Masters" towards flowers.

6. What can cause problems for an artist? How is this a problem?

7. Why does Okakura use this tale?

8. How does Okakura illustrate this attitude towards life?

9. What story does Okakura tell? What is the problem with the instrument in the book?

10. What is done with these selected flowers?

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