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

2. Does man have a very long history with flowers?
(a) Yes.
(b) Somewhat.
(c) No.
(d) No, not really.

3. Flowers selected in this manner are placed on what?
(a) The "tutenkamun."
(b) The "tokoyoko."
(c) The "toyota."
(d) The "tokonoma."

4. Many stories in Japan feature the rescue of what?
(a) Monks.
(b) Art pieces.
(c) People.
(d) Tea masters.

5. Okakura uses this tale to illustrate what?
(a) Art appreciation.
(b) Cultural studies.
(c) Art history.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rikyu had a final, magnificent ___________________.

2. What can the name of the tea room mean?

3. Of what did he sing?

4. The viewer is drawn to what about the artist?

5. This door, forcing everyone to hunch down, was meant to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Okakura say about modern art appreciation?

2. Describe the inside of a tea room.

3. What is a Sukiya?

4. Describe early tea rooms and how they changed with the innovations of Rikyu.

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

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

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

8. Why might it be difficult for Westerners to appreciate Japanese architecture?

9. How does one enter a tea room?

10. How did the art of flower arrangement begin?

(see the answer keys)

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