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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Taoism say about right and wrong?
(a) They are not arguable.
(b) They are concrete.
(c) They are objective.
(d) They are relative and not absolute.

2. What does Zennism mean?
(a) Peace.
(b) Silence.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Meditation.

3. Taoism emphasizes what?
(a) Love and kindness.
(b) Unity and balance.
(c) Wholeness and totality.
(d) Simplicity and peace.

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

5. He died in 1913 after returning to Tokyo and contracting what disease?
(a) Typhoid fever.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Influenza.

Short Answer Questions

1. As with vintage and concern with years with wine in Europe, different tea periods can tell us what about Japan?

2. In 1890 the two split, perhaps due to what, and the fact that Okakura was outdoing his master?

3. America's own __________________ shows the power of tea.

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

5. Is it appropriate for Westerners to learn tea's origins and how tea is used elsewhere?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the opinion of tea?

2. Is tea art? If so, how? If not, why not?

3. Is it appropriate for Westerners to learn tea's origin and how it is used elsewhere? Why or why not?

4. What does the author say about Tao and Taoism?

5. Will the West ever truly understand the East? Why or why not? What stereotypes have formed? Are these stereotypes breaking down? Why or why not?

6. Describe Okakura's education.

7. What are the three main tea eras? How are these eras significant?

8. What is said about THE BOOK OF TEA and tea at the end of the chapter?

9. What might a typical Westerner see in the tea ceremony?

10. For what is tea known?

(see the answer keys)

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