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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were karate experts known for apparently according to the public?
(a) Big egos.
(b) Strong grip.
(c) Long hair.
(d) Speeches.

2. Karate was linked to what religious tradition?
(a) Taoist.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Hindu.
(d) Christian.

3. What did thieves try to steal from Gichin?
(a) Karate clothes.
(b) Tea and food.
(c) Money and tobacco.
(d) Snakes.

4. Who were two admirals that supported martial arts in 1921?
(a) Maitri and Ogawa.
(b) Gichin and Maitri.
(c) Yashiro and Dewa.
(d) Ogawa and Shuri.

5. Why did Gichin practice a martial art with Azato secretly?
(a) Because he was underage.
(b) Because he was a prisoner.
(c) Because it was illegal.
(d) Because it was fun.

6. As children, where did most Japanese students train to learn martial arts?
(a) Ballet class.
(b) Tea garden.
(c) Training ring.
(d) Dojo.

7. Gichin's school was visited by who?
(a) Yashiro.
(b) Dewa.
(c) Shuri.
(d) Ogawa.

8. Okinawa had a poisonous snake named what?
(a) Shuri.
(b) Itosu.
(c) Grease.
(d) Habu.

9. What martial art's origin was unknown according to Gichin?
(a) Karate.
(b) Tug of war.
(c) Jijitsu.
(d) Aikido.

10. The island of Okinawa experienced what that regularly devastated it?
(a) Typhoons.
(b) Hail storms.
(c) Thunderstorms.
(d) Volcanic eruptions.

11. Within how many years did karate men from Okinawa introduce and teach the art?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

12. Gichin felt what about hand wrestling?
(a) Scared.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Bored.
(d) Skilled.

13. What did Matsumura learn was the only obstacle to life?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Heartache.
(c) Overeating.
(d) Pain.

14. What did Matsumura want the engraver shop owner to work on for him?
(a) A pair of boots.
(b) A pipe.
(c) A gun.
(d) A letter.

15. A serum was injected into a person as soon as possible after being bitten by Okinawa's poisonous snake to avoid what?
(a) Pain.
(b) Amputation.
(c) Bleeding.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the poisonous snakes in Okinawa grow?

2. When Gichin participated in hand wrestling, how many bouts did he enter?

3. When in 19th century Japan did an applicant to medical school have to be born to be eligible?

4. What is used in progressive training for nukite?

5. Who was the only student of Azato?

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