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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. Compound attacks are characterized as _____ with short, fast combinations, or _____ with deep, penetrative, and fast combinations.
(a) Snappy/Loaded.
(b) Speedy/Long.
(c) Simple/Complex.
(d) Crispy/Uncrispy.

2. What does Lee say involves observing the opponent's habits, virtues, and faults?
(a) Scientific observation.
(b) Preliminary analysis.
(c) A character study.
(d) Selecting tactics.

3. What types of fighters does Lee describe as using techniques and tactics learned by repetition without considering the reason?
(a) Thoughtless.
(b) Mechanical.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Beginners.

4. What does Lee recommend combining with a parry when fighting an opponent who is faster, taller, or has longer reach?
(a) The croise.
(b) The step back.
(c) The feint.
(d) The beat.

5. What strategy does Lee use for avoiding a blow without moving the body out of range with straight leads and counters?
(a) Slipping.
(b) Punching.
(c) Parrying.
(d) Ducking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lee say a delayed riposte involves for a fighter?

2. How many principles does Lee outline for distance in attacks?

3. How does Lee suggest a feint makes the opponent react?

4. Lee believes one should keep his mind in a state of _____ so the freedom of action is never _____.

5. What does Lee suggest Jeet Kune Do students should be alert to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are direct attacks rare in Jeet Kune Do?

3. Lee died before a full and detailed explanation of attacks could be provided. Do you think the editors completed Chapter 7 successfully, or might there be important details missing?

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

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

6. Describe Lee's concept of the circle with no circumference.

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

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

9. What type of pressure does Lee imply is used in envelopment?

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

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