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

2. During one of these fights, who planted rumors that Rikyu planned to poison his lord?
(a) Rikyu.
(b) Rikyu's friends.
(c) Enemies of Rikyu.
(d) Other tea-masters.

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

4. What is kept in the anteroom?
(a) The tea bags.
(b) The tea.
(c) The tea cups.
(d) The tea utensils.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what did he sing?

2. What is the place of honor?

3. Eastern so-called _____________________ perceive that they deal in death, and so treat flowers carefully and with honor.

4. When does the host appear?

5. Many tried to play the harp--could it be mastered?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a Sukiya?

3. Why does Okakura use this tale?

4. What can cause problems for an artist? How is this a problem?

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

6. How does one enter a tea room?

7. What is the connection between man and flowers?

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

9. How did tea-masters think of art?

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

(see the answer keys)

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