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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Japanese word for knapsack?
(a) Furoshiki.
(b) Yugoshi.
(c) Kata.
(d) Druta.

2. How did Gichin eat his food in the summer?
(a) Hot.
(b) Wet.
(c) Dry.
(d) Cold.

3. Gichin urged karate students to train with the eyes of what?
(a) Soul.
(b) Deer.
(c) Head.
(d) Tiger.

4. What were Gichin and his wife in Kyushu?
(a) Landlords.
(b) Poets.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Refugees.

5. Why was Gichin ashamed of himself after confronting the thief?
(a) Needing the help of the police.
(b) Taking the offensive.
(c) Giving up so quickly.
(d) Losing to a thief.

6. Gichin claimed the mastery of Karate-do required being what?
(a) A good and honest member of society.
(b) A strong heart and willpower.
(c) A desire for new experiences and people.
(d) A willingness to give in to higher power.

7. What was exercised in karate that could improve marital relations?
(a) Grace.
(b) Speed.
(c) Courtesy.
(d) Silence.

8. Who was the naval man that became a student of Gichin?
(a) Rokuro.
(b) Onishiki.
(c) Isamu.
(d) Azato.

9. Mastery of one kata could take how long?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 1 year.

10. Who was the Grand Champion that trained with Gichin?
(a) Onishiki.
(b) Isamu.
(c) Rokuro.
(d) Azato.

11. Gichin's book was published in what year?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1967.

12. Serious Karate-do pupils were _____________ to maintain interest and training over the long term.
(a) Energetic and lively.
(b) Speedy and critical.
(c) Feisty and vigorous.
(d) Considerate and purposeful.

13. Gichin was dismayed by popular press notions of what in karate?
(a) Northern vertigo.
(b) Superhuman feats of strength.
(c) Use of equipment.
(d) Weakness.

14. Despite fears of war, where did Japan remain peaceful?
(a) Kyoto and Suri.
(b) Manchuria and Mongolia.
(c) Okinawa and Kyushu.
(d) Shuri and Nua.

15. What did the painter do for Gichin's book?
(a) Screen it.
(b) Design it.
(c) Pay for it.
(d) Publish it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the police afraid would happen with karate students?

2. Karate was known in what Islands?

3. How many bowls of soup did Gichin have a day?

4. In 1921, who held a demonstration of ancient Japanese martial arts?

5. What did Gichin like to do in the afternoon that he did as a child?

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