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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were classified in four teaching groups as elementary classes, higher grades, special courses and assistants?

2. Karate was linked to what religious tradition?

3. How did Matsumura repel the owner of the engraver shop?

4. As Gichin was walking past the top of what forest, did a man rush past him into a field of sugarcane?

5. Azato met the famous Okinawan swordsman called what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the kata called "nukite" that Gichin mentioned in the first section of the book.

3. Describe the young confident man mentioned during the typhoon in Okinawa.

4. How was Gichin described as a child?

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

6. How did karate spread in Japan?

7. How was Gichin described in the first section of the book?

8. What was a myth about karate practitioners?

9. How was the son of Azato that Gichin met described in the first section of the book?

10. Describe the origins of karate.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Gichin's use of humor in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of humor and explain why the author used them where he did.

Essay Topic 2

Freedom was a recurring theme in Karate-Do. Who was free? Who lacked freedom? What constricted freedom? How did Gichin gain or lose freedom? Which authorities controlled access to freedom and in what ways? Did Gichin need a purpose in life to be free?

Essay Topic 3

The author used more than one instance of irony in Karate-Do. Cite at least two examples you can identify in the book and note why they were examples of irony.

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