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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What era followed this era?

2. He died in 1913 after returning to Tokyo and contracting what disease?

3. Why has the exact meaning of Tao changed based upon context?

4. He studied under a Harvard-educated American, Ernest Fenollosa, who was instrumental in _________________ Westernization in Japan.

5. Lu Wu is associated with what era?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Zen contribute to Eastern thought?

2. What did the two men do once they parted ways?

3. What are the three main tea eras? How are these eras significant?

4. What is said about THE BOOK OF TEA and tea at the end of the chapter?

5. How are the Whipped Tea era and the Boiled Tea era different?

6. Is it appropriate for Westerners to learn tea's origin and how it is used elsewhere? Why or why not?

7. What is the history of Taoism and tea?

8. What is the chief contribution of Taoism to Asiatic life? Describe this.

9. What are the three distinct sides of Okakura?

10. Who began modernization in Japan? What did modernization do to Japan, according to the author?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Japanese under Emperor Meiji in the second half of the 19th century were pursuing efforts to modernize.

Part 1) Describe these efforts. Why was modernization important? How did this modernization affect Japanese culture?

Part 2) How does the author feel about modernization in Japan? Why does he feel this way? What does he do regarding modernization? How does this book support his beliefs regarding modernization?

Part 3) How has modernization affected various cultures? Is modernization good? Why or why not? How has modernization affected the U.S.? How has it affected your own community and life? Do you see this as a positive thing? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There are three eras of tea.

Part 1) What are the three main tea eras? Describe each of them and explain how each of them come to be? How are they connected?

Part 2) How does each era reflect the Japanese culture of the time? Does the tea era influence the culture or does the culture influence the tea era? Explain.

Part 3) How does art in America today reflect life? How has American art evolved to be what it is today?

Essay Topic 3

Tea masters were conscious of art as a living, present influence.

Part 1) Support this statement with facts from this book. How does this also reinforce Eastern philosophical and religious beliefs?

Part 2) How do Westerners view art? How does this view affect how Westerners treat art and what art is made?

Part 3) How do you view art? How have you come to this belief? How does it compare to the tea master's view of art?

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