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

2. What did Gichin like to do despite offers of assistance?
(a) Cook.
(b) Walk.
(c) Read.
(d) Drink.

3. Where did Gichin's wife live?
(a) Kyoto.
(b) Okinawa.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Isamu.

4. How many bowls of soup did Gichin have a day?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Former students of Gichin who were unable to carry a rifle or sword were told to do what to the enemy during the war?

4. What did karate teach women?

5. Who began to join the karate dojo when Gichin was 80?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did karate stand out according to Gichin?

2. What did mastery of karate-do require according to Gichin?

3. How did Gichin plan to impress viewers at the demonstration in Tokyo?

4. Describe Gichin's concern for his former students as the war with China began.

5. Describe the altercation Gichin had with the thief in the rain.

6. Why was Gichin so healthy?

7. How was karate-do a way of life?

8. Why was Gichin ashamed of how he reacted to the thief?

9. How did Gichin explain that a karate blow can be fatal years later by comparing the body to boards?

10. Why did Gichin name his dojo Shoto?

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