2. Tea-masters justify the cutting of flowers by viewing it as what?
(a) A need of the people.
(b) A sacrifice in the service of a great and noble idea or artistic expression.
(c) A beautiful art form.
(d) A requirement to keep the flower population in check.

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

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

5. Flowers and trees are selected how?
(a) Very hastily.
(b) Very slowly.
(c) Very quickly.
(d) Very carefully.

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

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

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

9. There was once a great harp crafted from what?
(a) Gold.
(b) The finest tree in the land.
(c) The hair of a god.
(d) Tea.

10. With what should archaeology not be confused?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Science.
(c) Art.
(d) Innovation.

11. What happens when the flower withers?
(a) The plant is thrown away.
(b) The plant is carefully buried.
(c) The plant is burned.
(d) The plant is thrown into the water.

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

13. Many stories in Japan feature the rescue of what?
(a) People.
(b) Monks.
(c) Art pieces.
(d) Tea masters.

14. Okakura relates what Taoist tale?
(a) Taming of the Shrew.
(b) Taming of the Harp.
(c) The Musician.
(d) The Harpist.

15. How might a tea room appear to a Westerner?
(a) Quite exciting.
(b) Quite elaborate.
(c) Quite barren.
(d) Quite appealing.