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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the only student of Azato?
(a) Gichin.
(b) Ryuku.
(c) Meiji.
(d) Kata.

2. Where did the Meiji Restoration begin?
(a) Yamakawa.
(b) Shuri.
(c) Edo.
(d) Cho.

3. Gichin Funakoshi is a karate master and scholar of what kind of classics?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Italian.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Korean.

4. What was a small kingdom with no weapons that Napoleon commented on?
(a) Ryukyu Islands.
(b) China Islands.
(c) Kata Islands.
(d) Hawaii Islands.

5. How did Matsumura repel the owner of the engraver shop?
(a) With a gun.
(b) With a noose.
(c) With a karate chop.
(d) With his eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who viewed a demonstration in 1921 in Shuri Castle?

2. Karate was linked to what religious tradition?

3. The island of Okinawa experienced what that regularly devastated it?

4. When did the Meiji Restoration begin?

5. When Gichin participated in hand wrestling, how many bouts did he enter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Gichin learned about hand wrestling and karate-do.

2. How did Gichin move up in his teaching practice?

3. Why did Gichin stay in the Okinawa area of Shuri despite his promotion?

4. What was one reason that Gichin skipped medical school?

5. Why was it hard to learn karate initially in 19th century Japan?

6. How was Gichin described as a child?

7. How did Gichin rescue the man running from the police initially?

8. How was Gichin described in the first section of the book?

9. How did Itosu teach his students the meaning of karate?

10. How did Matsumura defeat the engraver?

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