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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. Which Jeet Kune Do technique moves the body with a blow, thereby nullifying its value?
(a) Rolling.
(b) Slipping.
(c) Punching.
(d) Body thrust.

2. Which move takes an opponent's hand diagonally from high to low, or the reverse?
(a) The parry.
(b) The beat.
(c) The hand hold.
(d) The bind.

3. What does Lee believe opens spiritual insight?
(a) Jeet Kune Do.
(b) Nirvana.
(c) Fencing.
(d) Meditation.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a balanced forward advance of the body through a series of short sliding steps forward?

2. What strategy does Lee use for avoiding a blow without moving the body out of range with straight leads and counters?

3. Which Jeet Kune Do technique anticipates the opponent's punch or kick and steps back to take advantage of the opponent's openings?

4. What does Lee call the space a fighter and his opponent have in relation to each other?

5. What parts of the body does Lee refer to in his instructions for slipping?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How does rolling minimize the fighter's punch?

3. 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.

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

5. How does an empty mind help a fighter?

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

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

9. Why does Lee recommend making economical moves?

10. How can a beat be used against an opponent who is fast and cannot be feinted?

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