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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Twenty-Four-Karat Thumb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many fingers does George saw off his right hand by accident?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

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

3. What is one thing that prompted the author to write this book on the hand?
(a) His taking tennis lessons.
(b) His father getting arthritis and his left hand becoming non-functional.
(c) His learning to play the piano.
(d) His trying to learn to play a video game.

4. What is the weight of the touch of a pianist's fingers on the keyboard?
(a) About eight ounces per square inch.
(b) About twelve ounces per square inch.
(c) About three pounds per square inch.
(d) Less than three ounces per square inch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Galen discover?

2. What does Duchenne figure out how to demonstrate?

3. What is one thing that demonstrates the integration of movement in the shoulder, arm and hand?

4. What does Frederick Wood Jones note about the hand?

5. What does Herophilus discover?

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