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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 is a balanced forward advance of the body through a series of short sliding steps forward?
(a) A feint.
(b) A lunge.
(c) The side shuffle.
(d) The forward shuffle.

2. What does Lee say changes continuously with the speed, agility, and control of fighters?
(a) Distance.
(b) Energy.
(c) Advantage.
(d) Mobility.

3. What does Lee teach is the state one must preserve when the fighting stance is assumed?
(a) Power and control.
(b) Fearlessness.
(c) Spiritual freedom and non-attachment.
(d) Gratitude.

4. What does Lee say is made when a fighter decides or opponent movement occurs or fails?
(a) A point.
(b) An attack.
(c) Progress.
(d) A counter attack.

5. Lee believes one should keep his mind in a state of _____ so the freedom of action is never _____.
(a) Joy/Impacted.
(b) Emptiness/Obstructed.
(c) Contemplation/Disturbed.
(d) Consciousness/Affected.

Short Answer Questions

1. What move does Lee teach that shifts the weight and changes the feet while remaining balanced?

2. Compound attacks are characterized as _____ with short, fast combinations, or _____ with deep, penetrative, and fast combinations.

3. A what point of a fight does Bruce Lee recommend the fighter stay loose but poised and use economical movements?

4. Who does Lee say that counterattacking is safer for?

5. What is the rhythm of the single feint?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lee include courage as a principle for "distance in attack?"

2. Why does Lee feel that Jeet Kune Do is not just a technique?

3. What might a fight look like where two fighters have different fighting measures?

4. How does rhythm prepare the fighter in Jeet Kune Do?

5. What happens to previous learning while training in Jeet Kune Do?

6. What state of mind should one have when assuming the fighting stance?

7. Lee describes the speed of a simple attack as both "smooth and explosive." How might it be possible to achieve this state?

8. What techniques are described in Chapter 7 that help fighters prepare for effective attacks?

9. What does Lee mean by the term, "milling on the retreat?"

10. Attack on preparation stops an opponent before the plan is matured. Does this attack requires physical training, mental training or both?

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