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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 started as an assistant but quickly moved to a higher grade instructor?
(a) Azato.
(b) Confucius.
(c) Gichin.
(d) Shuri.

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

3. At Gichin's school, the commissioner watched what kind of demonstration?
(a) Karate.
(b) Tug of war.
(c) Jijitsu.
(d) Shuri.

4. Conflict developed between the coastal village of Motobe and the hamlet of what?
(a) Shaka.
(b) Senno.
(c) Jinriksha.
(d) Naha.

5. Who were classified in four teaching groups as elementary classes, higher grades, special courses and assistants?
(a) Tertiary school instructors.
(b) Secondary school instructors.
(c) Primary school instructors.
(d) Quarterly school instructors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What party opposed the topknot rule?

2. Within how many years did karate men from Okinawa introduce and teach the art?

3. What did the owner of the engraver shop ask Matsumura for?

4. What did Gichin cut off that made his father angry?

5. Why did the policemen arrest Gichin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Gichin practice the spirit of karate when thieves visited his home?

3. What was the premise and history of Karate-do: My Way of Life?

4. How did karate spread in Japan?

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

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

7. Describe the origins of karate.

8. How was Gichin described as a child?

9. How did the habu Gichin encountered understand the spirit of karate?

10. Describe the habu mentioned in Training for Life.

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