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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 was Gichin's wife sick from?
(a) Stomach infection.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Chronic asthma.
(d) Gall bladder.

2. What did Gichin grab of the thief that made him yell?
(a) Testicle.
(b) Foot.
(c) Leg.
(d) Arm.

3. Gichin took his wife's ashes by train to where?
(a) Lisbon.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Okinawa.
(d) London.

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

5. Gichin claimed the mastery of Karate-do required being what?
(a) A desire for new experiences and people.
(b) A good and honest member of society.
(c) A willingness to give in to higher power.
(d) A strong heart and willpower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gichin compare a man's body to?

2. What did the person Gichin met in Tokyo want from him?

3. What did Gichin like to do despite offers of assistance?

4. Who was the naval man that became a student of Gichin?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the public bathhouse tale told by Seiji?

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

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

4. Why was Gichin so healthy?

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

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

7. Describe the book collaboration that Gichin had with the painter.

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

9. How did karate stand out according to Gichin?

10. How did the earthquake affect Gichin's trade?

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