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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. What did popular wrestlers use that could kill a man instantly?
(a) Speech.
(b) Tug of war.
(c) Karate chop.
(d) Shuto.

2. 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) Karate charge.
(b) Beat them.
(c) Scalpel them.
(d) Run away from them.

3. From where did Gichin get students?
(a) Military academies.
(b) Pawn and drug shops.
(c) Cafes and bookstores.
(d) Car repair stores.

4. What did Gichin sleep on?
(a) A thin mat with a quilt.
(b) A big bed and box spring.
(c) A floating waterbed.
(d) A long table.

5. What did Gichin compare a man's body to?
(a) A pulsing wave.
(b) A strong gale.
(c) A stack of boards.
(d) A temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What offered a karate group of faculty and students that Gichin visited regularly to give instruction?

2. What were the police afraid would happen with karate students?

3. What new role had the crown prince taken on as the war commenced?

4. Gichin was on the faculty of a school near what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were some benefits for women from taking karate according to Gichin?

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

4. How did Gichin approach karate training?

5. What did Gichin teach his students about karate that kept them from forming illegal gangs?

6. Why did Gichin's wife not live with him?

7. What was the true meaning of karate?

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

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

10. Why did the children call Gichin "snake gourd?"

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