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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Grip of the Past.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say comes to life even before you rise out of bed in the morning?
(a) Your digestive juices.
(b) Your dog.
(c) Hands and arms.
(d) Your brain.

2. 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.

3. 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 neurologist.
(c) His work as a painter.
(d) His work as an art teacher.

4. What does the author say is a choreographed skill?
(a) Getting the children ready for school while planning your day at the office.
(b) Making sure a person performs all their morning abulations.
(c) The way the hand performs thousands of activities.
(d) Making breakfast while on the phone and reading the newspaper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What operator has to do to anticipate load weight and wind changes?

2. What does Herophilus discover?

3. What is one activity the author mentions that the hand usually does in the morning?

4. What does juggling as learned and performed by Percelly provide?

5. What is the hand considered in the metaphor in number 26?

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