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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 believes that footwork during fighting is preferable to _____.
(a) Parrying.
(b) Circling.
(c) Upper body work.
(d) Standing still.

2. What does Lee compare a man's movement to without obstruction?
(a) A flash of lightening.
(b) An old growth tree.
(c) A leaf blowing in the wind.
(d) A soaring bird.

3. How many diseases does Lee propose as desires that are attachments?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

4. Even the desire to _____, Lee says, is an attachment.
(a) Be void of desire.
(b) Change.
(c) Love.
(d) Be loved.

5. Lee teaches that in Jeet Kune Do, combat is a matter of _____.
(a) Interpretation.
(b) Footwork.
(c) Motion.
(d) Following the rules.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lee instruct fighters to use to coordinate closing and opening distances?

2. What does Lee suggest has been within people that causes them to be distorted and thought to be lost?

3. Where should the execution of the feint start from?

4. What move does Lee claim takes the opponent's hand off target by returning it in a circular motion to the line of engagement?

5. What does Lee say a mind loses if it stops?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does a feint force hesitation while closing the distance?

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

4. Lee writes, "Effort should be applied to the work to be done as if nothing particular is happening. " Name an example from everyday life and how this principle might work.

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

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

7. Based on the teachings in Chapter 6, what do you think is the best strategy for getting an opponent off balance?

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

9. What might happen if a fighter parries too early?

10. Why does Lee recommend making economical moves?

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