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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Cup of Humanity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. He studied at an English-language university, and was fluent in what three languages?
(a) Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
(b) English, French, and Japanese.
(c) Chinese, French, and Japanese.
(d) Chinese, English, and Japanese.

2. Many Japanese treated heirlooms and traditional art as what?
(a) Everyday items.
(b) Family jewels.
(c) Precious treasures.
(d) Little more than junk.

3. How did tea grew in popularity?
(a) Steadily.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Slowly.
(d) Sporadically.

4. Have Asians in turn developed the same for this culture?
(a) No.
(b) Not at first.
(c) Yes.
(d) At first.

5. Who has developed a whole host of bizarre and incorrect stereotypes for Asians?
(a) The North.
(b) The East.
(c) The West.
(d) The South.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Japanese under ______________________in the second half of the 19th century were pursuing efforts to modernize.

2. Okakura went to America with many _____________________ to sell to Americans.

3. Modernization came with a price, namely, the destruction of what?

4. What is the word for the "religion of aestheticism," which has grown up around tea in Japanese culture?

5. What is something that Westerners have invested in in excess?

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