Zen Buddhism Quiz

While traditional Buddhists sought salvation by studying scriptures, through rituals, and performing good deeds, Zen Buddhists focused on

• Simplicity

• Meditation

• Discipline

• Enlightenment

What guiding principles of Zen Buddhism influenced Japanese poets and artists?

• Extravagance, flamboyance, and excess

• Drama, intensity, and grandeur

• Simplicity, understatement, and grace

• Complexity, exaggeration, and opulence

What type of gardens were influenced by Zen Buddhism?

• Formal gardens

• Wild gardens

• Dry-landscape gardens

• Ornamental gardens

What is the main purpose of Zen viewing gardens?

• To represent the world in its actual size

• To convey a sense of grandeur

• To promote a calm state of mind for meditation

• To promote a chaotic state of mind

What did the highly ritualized Zen tea ceremony focus attention on?

• The grandeur of the tea cups

• The extravagance of the setting

• The beauty of an everyday activity

• The complexity of the ceremony

What class in Japan was attracted to Zen Buddhism due to its focus on simplicity, self-discipline, and contemplation of life and death?

• Merchant class

• Peasant class

• Noble class

• Warrior class

_____ is an example of artwork that reflected the values of Zen Buddhism.

• suiboku

• fresco

• impressionism

• surrealism

Zen Buddhism arrived from ___ in the 1100's.

• South Korea

• Vietnam

• Indian

• China

The religion's focus on all of the following EXCEPT ____ appealed to warriors who regularly faced deadly challenges on the battlefield.

• simplicity

• self-discipline

• all of life is suffering; the cause of suffering is desire

• contemplation of life or death

The content and form of this type of poetry reflected the Zen Buddhism's guiding principles of simplicity, understatement and grace.

• haiku

• limericks

• sonnets

• epics