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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Puppet Lessons from Alexandria and Dusseldorf.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what do marionettes exhibit similarities?
(a) The human muscle and tendon configuration in arms and legs.
(b) Block and tackles.
(c) The way a wedge works.
(d) Leverage.

2. What is the other main reason the author writes this book on the hand?
(a) His work as a orthopedic doctor.
(b) His work as a painter.
(c) His work as an art teacher.
(d) His work as a neurologist.

3. What does Henry Plotkin propose intelligence is?
(a) A primary heuristic.
(b) A learned response.
(c) A secondary heuristic.
(d) A genetically fixed amount.

4. What is the ability to design and manufacture tools considered by Wilson?
(a) The way humans evolve.
(b) The way to take advantage of the hand's capabilities.
(c) The only way the brain can solve mechanical problems.
(d) A problem-solving strategy.

5. What type of control does a human or ape exert over its arm to execute a move?
(a) Unconscious.
(b) Conscious.
(c) Both conscious and unconscious.
(d) Intermittant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did hominids require in order to expand their range beyond the jungle?

2. How does the conscious dimension of action occur?

3. To what was the pre-human arm metaphorically compared?

4. What does the coordination of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones do?

5. How is the arm different from the leg in how it's attached to the body?

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