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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The victim of a karate blow often died when?
(a) 3-5 years later.
(b) 1-2 years later.
(c) 5-10 years later.
(d) 6-7 years later.

3. Who encouraged Gichin to write a reference book on Karate-do?
(a) Isamu.
(b) Yashiro.
(c) Kosugi.
(d) Onishiki.

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

5. How old was Gichin when he performed for the crown prince?
(a) Over 70.
(b) Over 50.
(c) Under 30.
(d) Under 40.

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

7. What did Gichin say that trainees used karate for?
(a) To build strength.
(b) To fight enemies.
(c) To see weakness.
(d) To calm the mind.

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

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

10. Gichin was moved by His Majesty's memory of a demonstration that he did many years ago at what location?
(a) Kyushu Castle.
(b) Funakoshi Castle.
(c) Shuri Castle.
(d) Nua Castle.

11. 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) Karate charge.
(c) Scalpel them.
(d) Beat them.

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

13. Gichin was asked to introduce karate to what Japanese capital?
(a) Tabata.
(b) Azato.
(c) Okinawa.
(d) Tokyo.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gichin warn against becoming when learning kata?

2. What did the painter do for Gichin's book?

3. What did Gichin grab of the thief that made him yell?

4. What could trainees develop from karate?

5. Karate was known in what Islands?

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