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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many rules were essential to understanding Karate-do?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

3. What could trainees develop from karate?
(a) Real speed.
(b) Real height.
(c) Real muscles.
(d) Real courage.

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

5. What Judo master asked Gichin to teach him some basic kata?
(a) Shinkin Gima.
(b) Master Azato.
(c) Jigoro Kano.
(d) Meisei Juku.

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

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

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

9. Where did an earthquake strike on September 1, 1923?
(a) Okinawa.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Marato.
(d) Kyoto.

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

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

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

13. Former students of Gichin who were unable to carry a rifle or sword were told to do what to the enemy during the war?
(a) Run away from them.
(b) Beat them.
(c) Karate charge.
(d) Scalpel them.

14. How many weapons did Gichin identify from the wrist down?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 35.
(d) 10.

15. Where did Gichin live with his oldest son in 1945?
(a) Shuri.
(b) Koishikawa.
(c) Okinawa.
(d) Rukyuan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Serious Karate-do pupils were _____________ to maintain interest and training over the long term.

2. Gichin urged students to practice what in public and private daily life?

3. Who was the Grand Champion that trained with Gichin?

4. Why was Gichin ashamed of himself after confronting the thief?

5. What was Gichin's wife sick from?

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