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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. Until recently, how have anthropologists perceived ape and human hands?
(a) As structurally equivalent.
(b) As functionally very different.
(c) As structurally radically different.
(d) As functionally equivalent.

2. How is the arm different from the leg in how it's attached to the body?
(a) The arm swings 180 degrees; whereas, the leg swings only 90 degrees.
(b) The arm is attached by muscle rather than bone.
(c) The arm is attached in several places; whereas, the leg is attached in only one place.
(d) The arm is suspended away from the body; whereas the leg is anchored to the body..

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

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

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

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 is a choreographed skill?

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

4. Where in Europe does Wilson take his interest in the performance problems of musicians?

5. What enables the human to weigh and relate facts to solve problems?

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