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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. Where are a massive amount of flowers used and then tossed out, with no appreciation or consideration for the sacrifice of the flower?
(a) In the East.
(b) In the South.
(c) In the North.
(d) In the West.

2. How much do they cut off tree branches?
(a) Only as much as is absolutely essential.
(b) The flowers.
(c) The leaves.
(d) The entire branch.

3. Who created the art of flower arrangement?
(a) Tea masters.
(b) Hindu priests.
(c) Catholic priests.
(d) Buddhist monks.

4. Many things were all consciously ______________, especially during the tea ceremony.
(a) Controlled.
(b) Seen.
(c) Acknowledged.
(d) Spoken.

5. What is kept in the anteroom?
(a) The tea utensils.
(b) The tea bags.
(c) The tea cups.
(d) The tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tea-masters were conscious of art as what?

2. What is the name of the tea room?

3. With what should archaeology not be confused?

4. Okakura relates what Taoist tale?

5. If something is ancient, is it valuable?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is done with these selected flowers?

3. How does Okakura illustrate this attitude towards life?

4. How did the art of flower arrangement begin?

5. What is the connection between man and flowers?

6. Do humans deserve flowers, according to the author? Explain.

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

8. What is a Sukiya?

9. How does one enter a tea room?

10. Who is Pai Ya? What does he do with the instrument?

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