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?
Japan
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China
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South Korea
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Mongolia
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2.In which century the ninja emerged as mercenaries?
18th Century
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15th Century
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20th Century
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13th Century
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3.What is the more proper name for ninja?
Shaolin
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Samurai
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Shinobi
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Daimyo
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4.What was the name of ninja leaders?
Jonin
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Genin
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Ronin
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Chonin
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5.What is a modern term for a female ninja?
Kunoichi
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Sensei
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Kuji-kiri
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Geisha
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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?
Sho Kosugi
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Daisuke Togakure
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Oda Nobunaga
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7.What were a ninja’s throwing stars called?
Shuriken
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Yumi
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Kama
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Kusarigama
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8.What were a ninja’s straight swords called?
Ninjato
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Katana
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Shikomizue
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Makibishi
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9.The most skilled ninja clans were from which regions?
Kinki and Chugoku
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Iga and Koga
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Kanto and Chubu
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Hokkaido and Tohoku
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10.Which famous ninja was hired by the distinguished Tokugawa family, and later helped Tokugawa Ieyasu become a ruler?
Ishikawa Goemon
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Mochizuki Chiyome
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Hattori Hanzo
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Tateoka Doshun
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11.What belt colour do male ninja wear before they achieve their black belt?