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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bad Boys, Polyliths, and the Heterotechnic Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the other hand, why might juggling have a use?
(a) It can give you aerobic exercise if you do it vigorously.
(b) The balls can be thrown at a robber.
(c) It can earn money on the street corner.
(d) It involves the complementary processes of throwing and catching.

2. What supports the conscious dimension of action?
(a) The conscious intent to move.
(b) The brain.
(c) The unconscious image of movement.
(d) The unconscious interaction of the neuromuscular system.

3. How does a goat eat a piece of candy?
(a) The wrapper and the candy.
(b) Sometimes just the wrapper and sometimes just the candy.
(c) Just the wrapper.
(d) Just the candy.

4. What does Peter Reynolds spend years doing in New Guinea?
(a) Studying the ancient artifacts of the extinct culture.
(b) Observing gorillas.
(c) Observing young baboons.
(d) Observing chimpanzees.

5. What helps maintain a skill that is learned?
(a) Nothing; once it's learned it is always available.
(b) The memory portion of the brain.
(c) Practice.
(d) Visualizing the skill daily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the neocortex size reliably predict?

2. According to Wilson, what did the expansion of territory by hominids require?

3. Why does the author say juggling might be considered a pastime that accomplishes nothing?

4. What does Charles Bell say practice enables?

5. What is the ability to design and manufacture tools considered by Wilson?

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