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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. What does Herophilus discover?
(a) The muscles along the spinal cord are denser because of the neurons packed in them.
(b) Some neurons connect muscles to the spinal cord; whereas, other connect muscles to bone.
(c) Neurons cannot regenerate.
(d) Neurons can regenerate.

2. According to Wilson, how many problem-solving strategies are there that stand out above all others?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. What did hominids require in order to expand their range beyond the jungle?
(a) Opposing thumb.
(b) Walking upright.
(c) Brain evolution.
(d) Agriculture.

4. What type of intelligence does Patricia Greenfield study?
(a) Patricia Greenfield studies human intelligence as it unfolds in child behavior twenty years earlier.
(b) Coordination intelligence.
(c) Physiological intelligence.
(d) Patricia Greenfield studies human intelligence as it unfolds in adult behavior over twenty year.s

5. What is a polylith?
(a) An object made completely of fibers.
(b) A drawing that is three dimensional.
(c) A drawing with several layers.
(d) An object made of joined units or subassemblies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Charles Sherrington, what is a natural progression?

3. By what age do children become improvisers who behave with intelligence?

4. What does Charles Sherrington claim about the tip of the thumb and index finger?

5. What does Peter Reynolds spend years doing in New Guinea?

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