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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many did not accept efforts of modernization. There are several _________________________ documented from this time period, and many more scholars and others who attempted to preserve the old culture resisted modernization.

2. Taoism emphasizes what?

3. Okakura worked to make the Boston Museum a world-famous repository of what?

4. He died in 1913 after returning to Tokyo and contracting what disease?

5. ____________ and tea are connected in legend.

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the Whipped Tea era and the Boiled Tea era different?

2. What is the history of Taoism and tea?

3. What happened during the Mongol invasion of China?

4. Describe the Whipped Tea era.

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

6. How did Zen contribute to Eastern thought?

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

8. What did Fenollosa and Okakura do together? How and why did their travels together end?

9. Why is there so much fuss about tea?

10. Who was Lu Wu? What were his beliefs about tea?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tea masters were conscious of art as a living, present influence.

Part 1) Support this statement with facts from this book. How does this also reinforce Eastern philosophical and religious beliefs?

Part 2) How do Westerners view art? How does this view affect how Westerners treat art and what art is made?

Part 3) How do you view art? How have you come to this belief? How does it compare to the tea master's view of art?

Essay Topic 2

Taoism and tea are connected.

Part 1) What is Taoism? How is Taoism connected to tea? How have they each influenced the other? What else is connected to tea?

Part 2) How have tea rooms and tea ceremonies been influenced by various philosophies and religions? How is this influence seen even in Western tea culture?

Part 3) How is religion and philosophy tied to American culture? How important is religion to our country's past, present, and future?

Essay Topic 3

Zennism is Taoism's successor.

Part 1) Describe Zennism. How did Zennism become Taoism's successor? How did Zennism affect tea rituals?

Part 2) How are the various religions and philosophies tied to the three tea eras? How is all of this then tied to the culture?

Part 3) How could Americans benefit from both Taoist and Zennist beliefs? How might it change our society for the better?

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