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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Gichin received a promotion to principal of an outlying school but chose to do what?
(a) Leave.
(b) Join.
(c) Resign.
(d) Promote.

5. Whose house did Gichin and his son go for karate practice?
(a) Yuo's.
(b) Habu's.
(c) Itosu's.
(d) Azato's.

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

7. What did Gichin see floating in stinking muck in the sugarcane field?
(a) A flower.
(b) A cat.
(c) A book.
(d) A head.

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

9. How long did the poisonous snakes in Okinawa grow?
(a) 10-12 feet.
(b) 6-7 feet.
(c) 8-9 feet.
(d) 4-5 feet.

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

11. Why did the policemen arrest Gichin?
(a) They thought he has broken the karate-do law.
(b) They thought he is violent.
(c) They thought he is the man from the cesspool.
(d) They wanted his cakes.

12. Why did Gichin violate the spirit of karate-do after his hand wrestling bouts?
(a) He was scared.
(b) He was persistent.
(c) He was over confident.
(d) He was unkind.

13. Why did Gichin sway a lantern to and fro as he is walking on the road with his son?
(a) To scare away priests.
(b) To scare away vampires.
(c) To scare away the habu.
(d) To scare away ghosts.

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

15. Matsumura entered a shop of an engraver located where?
(a) Okinawa.
(b) London.
(c) Naha.
(d) Jerusalem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was old and bedridden that Gichin knew and was related to?

2. Gichin Funakoshi is a karate master and scholar of what kind of classics?

3. How did Matsumura repel the owner of the engraver shop?

4. The people of what area trade with southern China where boxing was practiced?

5. What did thieves take from Gichin's house?

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