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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hand, Eye and Sky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what was the pre-human arm metaphorically compared?
(a) A whooping crane and its beak.
(b) A block and tackle.
(c) A fulcrum.
(d) A construction crane and its operator.

2. What is the other main reason the author writes this book on the hand?
(a) His work as a neurologist.
(b) His work as an art teacher.
(c) His work as a painter.
(d) His work as a orthopedic doctor.

3. How does the conscious dimension of action occur?
(a) With the thought of moving.
(b) With the unconscious thought first.
(c) There is no conscious dimension of action.
(d) With the movement itself.

4. What does the addition and transport of weight by the upper body change?
(a) The buoyancy of the body.
(b) The speed at which the body can move.
(c) The center of gravity.
(d) The ability to play a sport.

5. According to Wilson, what did the expansion of territory by hominids require?
(a) Good leadership.
(b) Equality of the sexes.
(c) Inequality of the sexes.
(d) Group cooperation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Galen discover?

2. Why was Serge Percelly told he had the eye for tennis?

3. Where in Europe does Wilson take his interest in the performance problems of musicians?

4. What does Henry Plotkin propose intelligence is?

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

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