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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. As children, where did most Japanese students train to learn martial arts?
(a) Ballet class.
(b) Training ring.
(c) Tea garden.
(d) Dojo.

2. Gichin believed what event influenced his life?
(a) Topknot ban.
(b) Nail ban.
(c) Mustache ban.
(d) Braid ban.

3. In Karate-do, a man could win by doing what?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Losing.
(d) Striking.

4. How old was the owner of the engraver shop that Matsumura visited?
(a) 10.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

5. Matsumura entered a shop of an engraver located where?
(a) Okinawa.
(b) London.
(c) Naha.
(d) Jerusalem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What martial art's origin was unknown according to Gichin?

2. What is used in progressive training for nukite?

3. What did Matsumura learn was the only obstacle to life?

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

5. When did the Meiji Restoration begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was a myth about karate practitioners?

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

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

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

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

7. What was the goal of karate?

8. What was one reason that Gichin skipped medical school?

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

10. What did Matsumura and the engraver want from each other?

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