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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Entering the Way.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what social class was Gichin?
(a) Kata.
(b) Shizoku.
(c) Yuko.
(d) Matzi.

2. What did Gichin have to learn because of his social class?
(a) Eight Chinese Classics and Five Chinese Classics of Confucian tradition.
(b) Four Chinese Classics and Seven Chinese Classics of Confucian tradition.
(c) Four Chinese Classics and Five Chinese Classics of Confucian tradition.
(d) Eight Chinese Classics and Five Chinese Classics of Confucian tradition.

3. Who started as an assistant but quickly moved to a higher grade instructor?
(a) Confucius.
(b) Shuri.
(c) Azato.
(d) Gichin.

4. What part of the body had to be cut off to join the medical practice in 19th century Japan?
(a) Topknot.
(b) Mustache.
(c) Braids.
(d) Nails.

5. When in 19th century Japan did an applicant to medical school have to be born to be eligible?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1860.
(d) 1870.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nukite is a kind of what?

2. Who was one of Gichin's trainers?

3. Who said that karate was one of the most refined martial arts in Tokyo?

4. What party opposed the topknot rule?

5. Why did Gichin practice a martial art with Azato secretly?

(see the answer key)

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