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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the Japanese word for knapsack?
(a) Yugoshi.
(b) Kata.
(c) Furoshiki.
(d) Druta.

3. What did Gichin warn against becoming when learning kata?
(a) Fat.
(b) Conceited.
(c) Angry.
(d) Lazy.

4. Gichin urged karate students to train with the eyes of what?
(a) Tiger.
(b) Head.
(c) Soul.
(d) Deer.

5. Despite fears of war, where did Japan remain peaceful?
(a) Manchuria and Mongolia.
(b) Shuri and Nua.
(c) Okinawa and Kyushu.
(d) Kyoto and Suri.

6. In 1945, Gichin's dojo was destroyed by what?
(a) Stampede.
(b) Tornado.
(c) Fire.
(d) Air raid.

7. What did an opponent allow a karate student to do?
(a) Gain.
(b) Spar.
(c) Lose.
(d) Collaborate.

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

9. Serious Karate-do pupils were _____________ to maintain interest and training over the long term.
(a) Energetic and lively.
(b) Considerate and purposeful.
(c) Speedy and critical.
(d) Feisty and vigorous.

10. What were the police afraid would happen with karate students?
(a) They form hoodlum gangs.
(b) They win by default.
(c) They beat the police.
(d) They fight all the time.

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

12. What did Gichin show containing photographs of karate stances, kata, and movements?
(a) Notes.
(b) Cameras.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Scrolls.

13. Where was Gichin's sick wife?
(a) Rukyuan.
(b) Koishikawa.
(c) Okinawa.
(d) Kyushu.

14. Who was a first-rate karateka?
(a) Master Azato.
(b) Gichin Funakoshi.
(c) Meisei Juku.
(d) Shinkin Gima.

15. The victim of a karate blow often died when?
(a) 5-10 years later.
(b) 1-2 years later.
(c) 6-7 years later.
(d) 3-5 years later.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encouraged Gichin to write a reference book on Karate-do?

2. What were Gichin and his wife in Kyushu?

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

4. Where did Gichin live with his oldest son in 1945?

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

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