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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is an Israeli physicist mentioned in this chapter?
(a) Abraham Disera.
(b) Moshe Feldenkrais.
(c) David Golems.
(d) Jonathon Fleishman.

2. What does "prestidigitation" mean?
(a) Digital manipulation.
(b) Long fingers.
(c) Quick fingers.
(d) Prehensile thumbs.

3. What can both humans and primates make?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Maps.
(c) Complex tools.
(d) Pods.

4. For how long has the brain been preadapted for speech?
(a) For about 25,000 years.
(b) More than a million years.
(c) Over 100,000 years.
(d) For about 10,000 years.

5. By what age do most young children begin to make sentences?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wilson say is not genetic?

2. What are developed rather than existing from birth?

3. What does Wilson say laboring in the kitchen takes?

4. What does Wilson say is an emotional experience?

5. How is the dominant hand theoretically controlled?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Peter Reynolds work.

2. What two brain task does Noam Chomsky say are necessary for an individual to speak a language?

3. Who is Paul Broca and for what is he known?

4. What is the title of Feldenkrais' book and what does the book claim?

5. What does Wilson say about stone knapping?

6. Upon what does early medicine rely?

7. What does Feldenkrais say about how parents can inhibit their child's abilities?

8. What are Wilson's conclusions about musical talent or heuristic?

9. Why does Wilson bring up his friend Jack Schaefer?

10. How has the hand been used throughout its long history?

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