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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. Rikyu had a final, magnificent ___________________.

2. For whom is the tea room designed?

3. Eastern plant care is an ancient art and treasured custom, and from this tea-masters have developed what is called what?

4. Humans have demonstrated again and again that they are what?

5. Of what did he sing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the inside of a tea room.

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

3. How did tea-masters think of art?

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

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

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

7. How are art masters immortal?

8. How does one enter a tea room?

9. What is a Sukiya?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Zennism influenced tea rooms.

Part 1) Describe Zennism. How did Zennism influence tea rooms? What else has influenced tea room design and ritual?

Part 2) How do these tea rooms compare to other Japanese structures? What are the reasons for any differences? What does this reveal about the tea room?

Part 3) How has Zennism and other aspects of Japanese culture influenced Western culture? What does this reveal about Western culture?

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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