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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 is the tea room?
(a) A simple cottage.
(b) A large barn-like structure.
(c) A small room.
(d) A dining room.

2. What is the name of the tea room?
(a) Sukiya.
(b) Suki.
(c) Suzuki.
(d) Sushi.

3. He gave his precious utensils out to guests, shattered the tea bowl into fragments, and then took his own life by doing what?
(a) Drinking poison.
(b) Stabbing himself in the stomach.
(c) Shooting himself in the head.
(d) Jumping into the sea.

4. Why did Rikyu frequently have arguments with his patron lord?
(a) He liked to stir up trouble.
(b) His patron lord was unkind.
(c) They often did not see eye to eye.
(d) He was never content to be servile.

5. What do the great masters never forget?
(a) They are immortal.
(b) They are making art for an audience.
(c) They have been given a gift.
(d) They are special.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the art of flower arrangement?

2. Lastly, tea masters have an understanding of the ________________ of life.

3. Tea-masters justify the cutting of flowers by viewing it as what?

4. What is the purpose of the garden path?

5. How much do they cut off tree branches?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is done with these selected flowers?

2. Why does Okakura use this tale?

3. Describe the inside of a tea room.

4. Who was Rikyu? What problem existed between him and Hideyoshi?

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

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

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

8. How is the tea room different from other forms of architecture?

9. How did tea-masters think of art?

10. How did the art of flower arrangement begin?

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