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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. What does Galvani discover about electrical forces?
(a) The are initiators of action.
(b) They are shorted out by a muscle's contractions.
(c) They are emitted by a muscle's contractions.
(d) They are charged either negative or positive.

2. What does the hand "think" about as it helps you get ready for the day?
(a) How to movie each tendon and ligament for each task.
(b) How to grasp something without dropping it.
(c) How to move each muscle fgr each task.
(d) Nothing.

3. What does the author attempt to do that is not a well-orchestrated pattern of learning from simple to more complex?
(a) Playing the saxophone.
(b) Playing the piano.
(c) Build a model airplane.
(d) Brain surgery.

4. What is the purpose of the shoulder, arm and hand in being fully integrated?
(a) To provide more leverage together.
(b) To act as a fulcrum.
(c) To function simultaneously as one.
(d) To work in tandem.

5. What is the critical significance of the paddle in Duchenne's model?
(a) It leaves one muscle group balanced.
(b) It allows for greater rotation.
(c) It leaves one muscle group unbalanced.
(d) It sends simultaneous signals that result in the interplay of movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the other main reason the author writes this book on the hand?

2. What is one thing that prompted the author to write this book on the hand?

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

4. Until recently, how have anthropologists perceived ape and human hands?

5. On the other hand, why might juggling have a use?

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