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

2. At what age did Gichin become a teacher?

3. Whose house did Gichin and his son go for karate practice?

4. Who were two admirals that supported martial arts in 1921?

5. Within how many years did karate men from Okinawa introduce and teach the art?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Itosu teach his students the meaning of karate?

2. Why did Gichin admire Sueyoshi?

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

4. How did the habu Gichin encountered understand the spirit of karate?

5. How was Gichin described as a child?

6. Why was it hard to learn karate initially in 19th century Japan?

7. Why did Gichin stay in the Okinawa area of Shuri despite his promotion?

8. What was the goal of karate?

9. How did Gichin practice the spirit of karate when thieves visited his home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Sueyoshi. What was his role in Karate-Do? What was Gichin trying to accomplish by describing Sueyoshi?

Essay Topic 2

Violence appeared throughout Karate-Do. Who was violent? In what ways were individuals violent or abusive? What was their effect on other individuals and their lives? Did these individuals change over time?

Essay Topic 3

Gichin's wife practiced Buddhism in a traditional way. How was her practice of religion different from that of Gichin? What traditions did Gichin's wife follow? Did they seem rigid to you?

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