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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Puppet Lessons from Alexandria and Dusseldorf.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Herophilus discover?
(a) Neurons can regenerate.
(b) Neurons cannot regenerate.
(c) Some neurons connect muscles to the spinal cord; whereas, other connect muscles to bone.
(d) The muscles along the spinal cord are denser because of the neurons packed in them.

2. How does a goat eat a piece of candy?
(a) The wrapper and the candy.
(b) Just the wrapper.
(c) Sometimes just the wrapper and sometimes just the candy.
(d) Just the candy.

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

4. What does Galvani discover about electrical forces?
(a) They are shorted out by a muscle's contractions.
(b) They are charged either negative or positive.
(c) The are initiators of action.
(d) They are emitted by a muscle's contractions.

5. What is the other main reason the author writes this book on the hand?
(a) His work as a neurologist.
(b) His work as an art teacher.
(c) His work as a orthopedic doctor.
(d) His work as a painter.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Rene Decartes think fluid in the eye does?

4. According to Wilson, how many problem-solving strategies are there that stand out above all others?

5. What is the critical significance of the paddle in Duchenne's model?

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