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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rikyu had a final, magnificent ___________________.
(a) Tea ceremony.
(b) Dance.
(c) Song.
(d) Lunch.

2. Art masters are _________ for their art lives in those who can appreciate it.
(a) Problematic.
(b) Strange.
(c) Mortal.
(d) Immortal.

3. Tea-masters, in choosing art for their ceremonies, only choose what pieces?
(a) Those that are most expensive.
(b) Those which specifically speak to them.
(c) Those that suit their tea.
(d) Those that their patrons like.

4. What is kept in the anteroom?
(a) The tea utensils.
(b) The tea bags.
(c) The tea cups.
(d) The tea.

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

6. Tea-masters are _______________ when choosing the art.
(a) Quite slow.
(b) Quite selective.
(c) Quite unusual.
(d) Quite quick.

7. If something is ancient, is it art?
(a) Not necessarily.
(b) Yes, always.
(c) Yes, usually.
(d) No, never.

8. Eastern plant care is an ancient art and treasured custom, and from this tea-masters have developed what is called what?
(a) The Monastery of Flowers.
(b) The Cult of Flowers.
(c) The Temple of Flowers.
(d) The Church of Flowers.

9. When does the host appear?
(a) After three days.
(b) Only when there is complete silence.
(c) Prior to the arrival of the guests.
(d) At night.

10. As what is the portico used?
(a) A waiting area for guests prior to tea being served.
(b) A room for making tea.
(c) A place for serving tea.
(d) An art gallery.

11. The tea room is primarily derived in spirit from what?
(a) The Hindu monastery.
(b) The Catholic monastery.
(c) The Zen monastery.
(d) The Buddhist monastery.

12. Early tea rooms were connected to what?
(a) Homes.
(b) Temples.
(c) Stores.
(d) Schools.

13. How might the flower be memorialized?
(a) With a monument.
(b) With a poem.
(c) With a song.
(d) With a prayer.

14. For whom is the tea room designed?
(a) A specific god.
(b) The guests.
(c) A specific tea-master.
(d) The type of tea.

15. Flowers are a natural beauty that inspires what?
(a) The lonely soul.
(b) The religious soul.
(c) The happy soul.
(d) The artistic soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the name of the tea room mean?

2. Who invented the independent tea room?

3. Why might it be hard for Westerners to appreciate the Japanese tradition of wood and bamboo architecture, and, therefore, hard to appreciate the tea room itself?

4. Can vain artists, absorbed with their own genius, ever truly connect with others?

5. How many schools of thought exist in flower arrangement?

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