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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. Art loving is compared to what experience?

2. What is kept in the anteroom?

3. Where are a massive amount of flowers used and then tossed out, with no appreciation or consideration for the sacrifice of the flower?

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

5. With what should archaeology not be confused?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Okakura illustrate this attitude towards life?

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

5. Describe the inside of a tea room.

6. How did tea-masters think of art?

7. How does one enter a tea room?

8. Describe early tea rooms and how they changed with the innovations of Rikyu.

9. Why might it be difficult for Westerners to appreciate Japanese architecture?

10. How did the art of flower arrangement begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tea masters have done much for Japanese culture.

Part 1) What have tea masters done for Japanese culture? How has this influence come about?

Part 2) What influence has Japanese culture, and essentially the tea master, had on Western culture? How has Western culture also influenced Eastern culture? Is this blending of cultures good? Why or why not?

Part 3) Who influences the culture in the U.S.? How are U.S. citizens, and the West as a whole, affected by this influence?

Essay Topic 2

Fenollosa and Okakura went around Asia finding art and other objects to preserve.

Part 1) Who is Fenollosa? What is the relationship between Fenollosa and Okakura? Why did they go around Asia finding art and other objects to preserve?

Part 2) How is preservation a theme of this book? Why does the author find preservation to be important? Do you believe preservation is necessary in Eastern cultures? Why or why not?

Part 3) Describe efforts of preservation in the U.S. Why is preservation important in the U.S.? How does this compare to the preservation work of Fenollosa and Okakura?

Essay Topic 3

Okakura relates the Taoist tale of the Harp.

Part 1) Describe this tale. Why does Okakura relate this tale? How is it tied to Japanese culture? What does it reinforce?

Part 2) Describe a Western tale. What does it reveal about Western culture? How do the Eastern and Western tales compare?

Part 3) How do these tales illustrate the differences in Eastern and Western culture and thinking? How might they aid in building relations between the East and the West?

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