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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 is one feature of the human hand that Marzke identifies?
(a) Larger knuckles.
(b) Greater range.
(c) Greater flexibility.
(d) Longer thumb.

2. What is Jack restoring?
(a) A 1956 Chevy.
(b) A 1949 Mercury.
(c) A 1944 Dodge.
(d) A 1954 Dodge.

3. By what age do children become improvisers who behave with intelligence?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 11.
(d) 5.

4. Why was Serge Percelly told he had the eye for tennis?
(a) His forearms were unusually well developed.
(b) His retina had more nerves endings than average.
(c) His hand-eye coordination was above average.
(d) He could see where the ball was going and meet it there.

5. From where does Sherrington discover signals originate to cause movement?
(a) The spinal cord.
(b) The muscle itself.
(c) The brain.
(d) The blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ability to design and manufacture tools considered by Wilson?

2. What type of intelligence does Patricia Greenfield study?

3. What does Merlin Donald's theory of cultural and cognitive evolution propose?

4. Why does the author say juggling might be considered a pastime that accomplishes nothing?

5. What is one term related to the scale of movement required by two hands acting in partnership?

(see the answer key)

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