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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 is paleoanthropology?
(a) The study of matriarchal civilizations.
(b) The study of ancient, human origins.
(c) The study of human civilizations.
(d) The study of evolution of animals.

2. What is the ability to design and manufacture tools considered by Wilson?
(a) The way to take advantage of the hand's capabilities.
(b) The only way the brain can solve mechanical problems.
(c) A problem-solving strategy.
(d) The way humans evolve.

3. What is one thing that prompted the author to write this book on the hand?
(a) His father getting arthritis and his left hand becoming non-functional.
(b) His taking tennis lessons.
(c) His learning to play the piano.
(d) His trying to learn to play a video game.

4. What does the coordination of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones do?
(a) Creates a system of interrelated functions.
(b) Forms a synergistic system.
(c) It orients the arm and hand to make adjusting and tension-setting movements that keep the body upright.
(d) Creates tensions to enable movement.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author say we are dependent upon that we rarely think about?

3. What problem causes the author to reach a turning point in his thinking about the hand?

4. What type of control does a human or ape exert over its arm to execute a move?

5. What did hominids require in order to expand their range beyond the jungle?

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