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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Tea-Room.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The chief contribution of Taoism to Asiatic life is what?
(a) Communal living.
(b) Peace.
(c) Aesthetic theory.
(d) Tea.

2. Why has the exact meaning of Tao changed based upon context?
(a) The original meaning is lost in translation.
(b) The original text has been lost.
(c) Lao Tzu did not want others to believe as he believed.
(d) Lao Tzu was uncertain about its conception himself.

3. Okakura worked to make the Boston Museum a world-famous repository of what?
(a) Asian art.
(b) Korean art.
(c) Japanese art.
(d) Chinese art.

4. What did some claim about tea?
(a) It was expensive.
(b) It caused health problems.
(c) It cured health problems.
(d) It was dirty.

5. The tea room not only contrasts Western architecture, it is quite different from what?
(a) Japanese wood architecture.
(b) Asian architecture.
(c) Chinese architecture.
(d) Korean architecture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the "religion of aestheticism" celebrate?

2. This door, forcing everyone to hunch down, was meant to do what?

3. Taoism emphasizes what?

4. Have Asians in turn developed the same for this culture?

5. What era followed this era?

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