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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of adjustment is acquired by practicing new tasks?
(a) Physiological.
(b) Geographical.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Neurophysiological.

2. What does Lee call a group of routines, ideas, and traditions that defeat freedom?
(a) Religion.
(b) Classical styles.
(c) Warming up.
(d) The daily grind.

3. Lee states that a skillful athlete is characterized by his ease of _____ regardless of effort.
(a) Movement.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Ability.
(d) Confidence.

4. What concept of enlightenment is used in martial arts?
(a) Zen.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Bliss.

5. According to Lee, what is achieved by practice to form neural pathways?
(a) Skill.
(b) Non-attachment.
(c) Muscle.
(d) Non-thinking.

6. What does Lee refer to as the offensive and defensive weapon, which is the backbone of punching in Jeet Kune Do?
(a) The choke hold.
(b) The hook.
(c) The jab.
(d) The leading straight punch.

7. What does Lee believe is the foundation of Jeet Kune Do?
(a) Martial arts.
(b) Power.
(c) Positioning
(d) Bruce Lee.

8. What does Bruce Lee call over-daring because it forbids illegal and unfair tactics?
(a) Western boxing.
(b) Indian wrestling.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Jeet Kune Do.

9. What does Lee believe one must eliminate to rise above the limits of karma or destiny?
(a) False ideas of a separate self.
(b) False ideas of a higher power.
(c) False ideas of the ego.
(d) False ideas of physical strength.

10. What does Lee say is required to prepare the athlete for strenuous physical performance?
(a) Studying the opponent.
(b) Climbing stairs.
(c) Warming up.
(d) Setting a goal.

11. Muscle _____ on both sides of a _____ change in movement.
(a) Soreness/Shin.
(b) Tension/Joint.
(c) Tightness/Bone.
(d) Training/Leg.

12. Why is Bruce Lee confined to his bed?
(a) He suffers from a back injury.
(b) He has recently lost his sight.
(c) He is recovering from a coma.
(d) He breaks his legs.

13. What does Lee say there is no need for in Buddhism?
(a) Effort.
(b) Training.
(c) Change.
(d) Stress.

14. Which move does Lee say is effective as a counterblow, like a loose, snappy punch?
(a) The body slam.
(b) The hook.
(c) The jab.
(d) The rear cross.

15. Lee says that the main goal of Jeet Kune Do is kicking, hitting, and _____.
(a) Applying bodily force.
(b) Winning.
(c) Non-attachment.
(d) Posture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What response must the opponent be in, according to Lee, in order for the fighter to break the rhythm to catch the opponent off-balance?

2. Who is the main author of the book?

3. What object does Lee describe that has no ego, thoughts, or grasp?

4. What does Lee say are small, phasic, or bent-knee?

5. What example of moving and not moving does Lee use?

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