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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. Lee recommends a direct or indirect stop-hit to stop the opponent from ______ his attack.
(a) Developing.
(b) Analyzing.
(c) Predicting.
(d) Faking.

2. What does the author compare to the time a fencer takes to perform one simple fencing action?
(a) Movement time.
(b) Practice time.
(c) Fencing time.
(d) Puzzle time.

3. What does Bruce Lee call over-daring because it forbids illegal and unfair tactics?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Western boxing.
(c) Indian wrestling.
(d) Jeet Kune Do.

4. What does Lee call a group of routines, ideas, and traditions that defeat freedom?
(a) Warming up.
(b) Classical styles.
(c) Religion.
(d) The daily grind.

5. What does Lee use as a strategy that causes an opponent to attack in tempo with the intent to execute a subsequent attack?
(a) Anticipation.
(b) Counter-time.
(c) Rhythm.
(d) Ego.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lee feels that concentration and vigilance must be _____ to attack with the right timing.

2. In Lee's view, what results from three thousand years of conditioning and propaganda?

3. What does Lee refer to as the offensive and defensive weapon, which is the backbone of punching in Jeet Kune Do?

4. Lee suggests that speed and _____ from many angles should be used in stop-hit training.

5. What can the fighter use to cause his opponent to try to slow down to insure the success of a strike?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name one of Lee's timing exercises that a fighter can practice.

2. Why does Lee call Western boxing over-daring?

3. Why are the weapons of Jeet Kune Do parts of the body, rather than actual objects?

4. When is reaction time longer?

5. How might exercises that imitate moves used in the event be beneficial, as Lee claims?

6. How is reaction time measured?

7. What are some qualities of a Jeet Kune Do fighter?

8. A moon seen under the waves is proposed as an example of moving and not moving. What would be another example of moving and not moving?

9. Why might Lee recommend imagining simple moves to counter an attacking opponent?

10. Why does Lee mention tools of judo and ju-jitsu in Chapter 4?

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