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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. There was once a great harp crafted from what?

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

3. Okakura tells the story of the _________ Tea of Rikyu.

4. How is the music described?

5. Tea-masters are _______________ when choosing the art.

Short Essay Questions

1. How are art masters immortal?

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

3. Who is Pai Ya? What does he do with the instrument?

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

5. Why is the tea room intended to be barren?

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

7. How did tea-masters think of art?

8. What does Okakura say about modern art appreciation?

9. How did the art of flower arrangement begin?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Taoism and tea are connected.

Part 1) What is Taoism? How is Taoism connected to tea? How have they each influenced the other? What else is connected to tea?

Part 2) How have tea rooms and tea ceremonies been influenced by various philosophies and religions? How is this influence seen even in Western tea culture?

Part 3) How is religion and philosophy tied to American culture? How important is religion to our country's past, present, and future?

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