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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. How does Okakura feel about modern art appreciation?

2. Who invented the independent tea room?

3. How do guests approach the tea room?

4. What is the purpose of the garden path?

5. Others were trying to create what feeling?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are art masters immortal?

2. What do tea-masters think of life?

3. What is the connection between man and flowers?

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

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

6. How did the art of flower arrangement begin?

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

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

9. How do the Japanese show that art is important to them?

10. What is done with these selected flowers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zennism is Taoism's successor.

Part 1) Describe Zennism. How did Zennism become Taoism's successor? How did Zennism affect tea rituals?

Part 2) How are the various religions and philosophies tied to the three tea eras? How is all of this then tied to the culture?

Part 3) How could Americans benefit from both Taoist and Zennist beliefs? How might it change our society for the better?

Essay Topic 2

Stereotypes exist for both the West and the East.

Part 1) Describe stereotypes of each. How have these stereotypes come about? How do they affect the relationships between the East and the West?

Part 2) What does the writing of this book reveal about the stereotypes between the East and the West? What does this reveal about the author's feelings towards the West?

Part 3) What stereotypes exist in your own community? How do these stereotypes come about? How do they affect relationships between various groups in your community? How do these stereotypes affect you?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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