What do you know about the specialized assassins, saboteurs, and secret agents who were highly-trained proponents of the martial arts, especially what later became known as ninjutsu or 'the art of the ninja'?
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1. Ninjas were covert agents or mercenaries in which feudal country?
South Korea
Japan
Mongolia
China
2. In which century the ninja emerged as mercenaries?
13th Century
18th Century
15th Century
20th Century
3. What is the more proper name for ninja?
Shaolin
Shinobi
Samurai
Daimyo
4. What was the name of ninja leaders?
Genin
Chonin
Ronin
Jonin
5. What is a modern term for a female ninja?
Kuji-kiri
Geisha
Sensei
Kunoichi
6. Which former samurai who was on the losing side in a regional battle met Kain Doshi, a Chinese warrior-monk, and together the two developed a new theory of guerrilla warfare called ninjutsu?
Oda Nobunaga
Daisuke Togakure
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Sho Kosugi
7. What were a ninja’s throwing stars called?
Yumi
Kusarigama
Shuriken
Kama
8. What were a ninja’s straight swords called?
Katana
Ninjato
Makibishi
Shikomizue
9. The most skilled ninja clans were from which regions?
Kinki and Chugoku
Iga and Koga
Kanto and Chubu
Hokkaido and Tohoku
10. Which famous ninja was hired by the distinguished Tokugawa family, and later helped Tokugawa Ieyasu become a ruler?
Tateoka Doshun
Mochizuki Chiyome
Ishikawa Goemon
Hattori Hanzo
11. What belt colour do male ninja wear before they achieve their black belt?
White
Brown
Red
Green
12. Why was the art of ninjutsu formed?
For the Samurai to practice on
For night fighting
To combat the ruling Samurai class
A new martial art was needed
13. What is the higher order of Ninjutsu known as?