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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. Tea-masters were conscious of art as what?
(a) A living.
(b) A hobby.
(c) A sport.
(d) A form of entertainment.

2. Flowers and trees are selected how?
(a) Very hastily.
(b) Very slowly.
(c) Very quickly.
(d) Very carefully.

3. What is it important to remember about this art?
(a) It is a religious rite.
(b) It is a prayer.
(c) It is a requirement.
(d) It is not a religious rite.

4. A masterpiece viewed in this way becomes what?
(a) A "sterile object."
(b) A "restful place."
(c) An "educational experience."
(d) A "living reality."

5. Who invented the independent tea room?
(a) Aiko.
(b) Rikyu.
(c) Teiko.
(d) Beniko.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is death a great thing to these masters?

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

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

4. Why might it be hard for Westerners to appreciate the Japanese tradition of wood and bamboo architecture, and, therefore, hard to appreciate the tea room itself?

5. What happens when the flower withers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Okakura use this tale?

2. How have tea-masters furthered art in Japan? What else have they influenced?

3. What is the connection between man and flowers?

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

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

6. What is done with these selected flowers?

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

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

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

10. How did tea-masters think of art?

(see the answer keys)

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