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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Touch, Tender and Tenacious.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the high school language teacher quit teaching?
(a) Her left side becomes paralyzed.
(b) She decides to go back to school.
(c) She decides to go into the military.
(d) She wants to be a stay-at-home mom.

2. To what does Kathleen Gibson attribute human intelligence?
(a) An insatiable curiosity to discover something new.
(b) Dense brain tissue.
(c) Opposable thumbs.
(d) The ability to interpret abstract ideas.

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

4. Why does Calvin think the female ape cradles her baby in its left arm?
(a) So the baby can hear the mother's heartbeat.
(b) He has no idea.
(c) It tends to be the stronger arm.
(d) It tends to be the longer arm.

5. What does the Israeli physicist perceive as a sophisticated controller of movement?
(a) Amino acids.
(b) Electricity.
(c) The heart.
(d) The brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weight of the touch of a pianist's fingers on the keyboard?

2. According to Wilson, what did the expansion of territory by hominids require?

3. What is aphasia?

4. With whom does the University of New Mexico perform a study about communicative movements?

5. Who is the author of Awareness Through Movement?

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