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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 rules were essential to understanding Karate-do?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. Karate was known in what Islands?
(a) Ryukyu.
(b) Shuri.
(c) Kyushu.
(d) Okinawa.

3. Who encouraged and warned Gichin of the difficulties of starting a school in Tokyo?
(a) Azato and Itosu.
(b) Gima and Juku.
(c) Rudo and Kano.
(d) Kosugi and Kano.

4. What religion did Gichin's wife follow?
(a) A Singer.
(b) A Priestess.
(c) A Buddhist.
(d) A Writer.

5. Gichin was asked to introduce karate to what Japanese capital?
(a) Azato.
(b) Tabata.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Okinawa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did karate training require as a student progressed levels?

2. Where was Gichin's sick wife?

3. Where did Gichin's wife live?

4. What made kata similar to dance?

5. In 1945, Gichin's dojo was destroyed by what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was the true meaning of karate?

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

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

8. How did karate stand out according to Gichin?

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

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

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