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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. What does Lee claim is the greatest hindrance to proper physical action?
(a) Doubt.
(b) Over-thinking.
(c) Self-consciousness.
(d) Anger.

2. Lee states that _____ is filled with life, power, and love of all beings.
(a) Martial arts.
(b) Realization of the void.
(c) The Tao of Jeet Kune Do.
(d) Activism.

3. The success of Jeet Kune Do, Lee says, lies in its freedom to use or dispense with _____.
(a) Rules.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Trends.
(d) Technique.

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

5. What does Lee say should use actual range and evasive tactics both for reliability?
(a) Western boxing.
(b) Realistic total fighting.
(c) A lead jab.
(d) A straight rear thrust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lee consider to be the psychological and physiological conditioning of an individual?

2. What does Lee suggest every muscle in the body benefits from before vigorous activity?

3. What can create evasiveness, devastating attacks, speed, natural dynamics, deception, stickiness, and complete ease to succeed?

4. What state of mind should a student have while training?

5. What religious tradition does Bruce Lee draw on as a path to enlightenment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do fighters in Jeet Kune Do need to be the same height and weight?

2. How does Lee describe muscle tension working like a brake?

3. How does Lee describe the "shortened lever" principle?

4. What makes Jeet Kune Do a simple martial art?

5. Choose one of the types of speed that Lee outlines. Why do you think this type of speed is desirable for the Jeet Kune Do artist?

6. Who helped Lee in the writing and publication of his book?

7. How is reaction time measured?

8. What does Lee mean when he says, "The strike should be felt before it is seen?"

9. Why do Lee and the editor devote so much detail to the on-guard position and proper posture?

10. What benefit does Lee say a fighter has in taking a low-line position?

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