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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gichin urged students to practice what in public and private daily life?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Speaking.

2. Who told the public bathhouse tale that Gichin repeated?
(a) Seiji.
(b) Kyushu.
(c) Azato.
(d) Ituso.

3. Who was the Russian war hero that supported Funakoshi?
(a) Admiral Isamu Takeshita.
(b) Admiral Azato Meisei.
(c) Admiral Gichin Onishiki.
(d) Admiral Rokuro Yashiro.

4. What did Gichin grab of the thief that made him yell?
(a) Arm.
(b) Leg.
(c) Foot.
(d) Testicle.

5. What did karate training require as a student progressed levels?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Boards.
(c) Ropes.
(d) An opponent.

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

7. What did karate teach women?
(a) Violence.
(b) Argumentation.
(c) Aggression.
(d) Self-defense.

8. What offered a karate group of faculty and students that Gichin visited regularly to give instruction?
(a) The academy.
(b) The ministry.
(c) The dojo.
(d) The university.

9. What did the person Gichin met in Tokyo want from him?
(a) Cake.
(b) Money.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) Clothing.

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

11. Who was a first-rate karateka?
(a) Master Azato.
(b) Gichin Funakoshi.
(c) Meisei Juku.
(d) Shinkin Gima.

12. Gichin took his wife's ashes by train to where?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) London.
(c) Okinawa.
(d) Lisbon.

13. What did Gichin sleep on?
(a) A thin mat with a quilt.
(b) A floating waterbed.
(c) A long table.
(d) A big bed and box spring.

14. What religion did Gichin's wife follow?
(a) A Singer.
(b) A Buddhist.
(c) A Writer.
(d) A Priestess.

15. What did children in the garden call Gichin for his smooth, ruddy-skinned complexion?
(a) Spy man.
(b) Tan man.
(c) Dancing pole.
(d) Snake gourd.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encouraged Gichin to write a reference book on Karate-do?

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

3. Where did Gichin postpone a visit to when Kano wanted a demonstration?

4. What did popular wrestlers use that could kill a man instantly?

5. Gichin was dismayed by popular press notions of what in karate?

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