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

2. What is the hand considered in the metaphor in number 26?
(a) The balance beam.
(b) The bucket.
(c) The block.
(d) The beak.

3. What is one thing that shoulder and forearm development enabled?
(a) The ability to catch objects.
(b) The ability to throw objects.
(c) The ability to carve.
(d) The ability to hunt.

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

5. What does the author say comes to life even before you rise out of bed in the morning?
(a) Your brain.
(b) Hands and arms.
(c) Your dog.
(d) Your digestive juices.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who says that the hand and brain both speak to each other?

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

4. What operator has to do to anticipate load weight and wind changes?

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

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