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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Arm We Brought Down From the Trees.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry Plotkin propose intelligence is?
(a) A primary heuristic.
(b) A genetically fixed amount.
(c) A learned response.
(d) A secondary heuristic.

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

3. What problem causes the author to reach a turning point in his thinking about the hand?
(a) A stroke.
(b) A broken wrist.
(c) A finger amputation.
(d) Musician's cramp.

4. What does Merlin Donald's theory of cultural and cognitive evolution propose?
(a) The human body developed in a three-stage process.
(b) The human brain developed in a stop-and-go process.
(c) The human brain developed in a three-stage process.
(d) The groupings of tribes developed in a two-stage process.

5. What type of control does a human or ape exert over its arm to execute a move?
(a) Intermittant.
(b) Both conscious and unconscious.
(c) Unconscious.
(d) Conscious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one activity the author mentions that the hand usually does in the morning?

2. What is one very important problem-solving strategy?

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

4. How does a goat eat a piece of candy?

5. What does the neocortex size reliably predict?

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