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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. The guests must hunch down to enter the ______________ door.
(a) Four-foot-high.
(b) Two-foot-high.
(c) Three-foot-high.
(d) One-foot-high.

2. On what does modern art appreciation depend?
(a) More on word of mouth than fashion.
(b) More on genuine, individual love for art, than on fashion and word of mouth.
(c) More on fashion than word of mouth.
(d) More on fashion and word of mouth than genuine, individual love for art.

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

4. The tea room looks small and impoverished, and the construction of one may be __________.
(a) Somewhat cheap.
(b) Very cheap.
(c) Very costly.
(d) Somewhat costly.

5. If something is ancient, is it valuable?
(a) Not necessarily.
(b) No, never.
(c) Yes, usually.
(d) Yes, always.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do guests approach the tea room?

2. He gave his precious utensils out to guests, shattered the tea bowl into fragments, and then took his own life by doing what?

3. How might a tea room appear to a Westerner?

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

5. What do the great masters never forget?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the Cult of Flowers developed? What is this cult?

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

3. How can one truly appreciate art?

4. What is the connection between man and flowers?

5. Why does Okakura use this tale?

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

7. What is done with these selected flowers?

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

9. How does one enter a tea room?

10. What does Okakura say about modern art appreciation?

(see the answer keys)

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