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

2. Can vain artists, absorbed with their own genius, ever truly connect with others?
(a) No, not often.
(b) Yes, most of the time.
(c) Yes, always.
(d) No, never.

3. How does Okakura feel about modern art appreciation?
(a) He enjoys it.
(b) He supports it.
(c) He encourages it.
(d) He laments it.

4. 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 North.
(b) In the West.
(c) In the South.
(d) In the East.

5. Is death a great thing to these masters?
(a) Often.
(b) Yes.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the music described?

2. How might the flower be memorialized?

3. Even the tea-master was ______ himself.

4. During one of these fights, who planted rumors that Rikyu planned to poison his lord?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does one enter a tea room?

2. How are art masters immortal?

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

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

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

6. How can one truly appreciate art?

7. Why does Okakura use this tale?

8. What is done with these selected flowers?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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