1. Samurai was a class of Japanese warriors in the service of what leader?

    Thieves

    Mercenary

    Bandits

    Shogun

2. In which period of Japanese history did the Samurai class flourish?

    Sengoku

    Kamakura

    Tokugawa

    Moritomo

3. In times of war the 'Mon' or 'Paulownia' was used to determine sides of the warring-classes, then it became known as the rising-sun. Who was the first samurai that used this insignia?

    Ashikaga

    Tokugawa

    Taikoki

    Meiji

4. During the Mongolian invasion attempt of 1274 A.D. crash bombs (Zhien tian lei) from China were used by the samurai-warriors to expel the invaders. True or false?

    True

    False

5. In 1570, the daimyo, Oda Nobunaga, employed what weapon to attack samurai-warriors ?

    arquebus

    long bow

    cross-bows

    grenades

6. With heavy armor (Yoyoi) Japanese samurai-warriors swam across the moat with their horses into battle. How did they achieve this without drowning?

    floating armor

    cork-belts

    logs boats

    floating shoes

7. When two samurai-warriors met on the battlefield what factor was the deciding element in the outcome?

    kenjutsu

    sharper spear

    longer sword

    better armor

8. What was the name of the weapon introduced by the Sohei ( priest-soldiers)?

    long bows

    nunchaku

    naginata

    spears

9. What was the Confucius element of faith that the samurai based their loyalty of service on?

    ki

    pio

    zen

    ko

10. According to Bushido (Way of the Warrior) which act is the ultimate test of loyalty (Japanese term)?

    harkiri & hari-kari

    harikiri & harkiri & hari-kari

    harikiri & harkiri & hari-kari & seppuku

    harkiri & hari-kari & seppuku & harakiri & hara-kiri