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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 attack occurs in the same line as the original action when the opponent retreats without a parry?
(a) The original.
(b) The delayed.
(c) The renewed.
(d) The progressive indirect.

2. What move does Lee teach that shifts the weight and changes the feet while remaining balanced?
(a) Pivoting.
(b) Sidestepping.
(c) Weaving.
(d) Lunging.

3. What action does Lee say the feint lures the opponent into making?
(a) A kick.
(b) A parry.
(c) A punch.
(d) A feint.

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 feint.
(c) The step back.
(d) The beat.

5. What does Lee suggest Jeet Kune Do students should be alert to?
(a) Time and space.
(b) Interchangeable opposites.
(c) The rigidity of dual comprehension.
(d) Technical cunning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many diseases does Lee propose as desires that are attachments?

2. Lee claims that Jeet Kune Do is not just technique but is a matter of _____ and _____.

3. What does Lee call the four forms of simple attack that include thrusts, simple disengagements, counter-disengagements and cut-overs?

4. What move does Lee say can be used to open the line by force or to feint before an attack?

5. The _____ in the high line of engagement starts under the opponent's hand, and in the low line starts over the opponent's hand.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. What makes a good feint in Jeet Kune Do threatening?

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

7. In Chapter 6, Lee says that footwork is better than using arms to avoid kicks or blows. Why does he emphasize footwork?

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

9. Why does Lee recommend making economical moves?

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

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