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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 is the purpose of the shoulder, arm and hand in being fully integrated?
(a) To provide more leverage together.
(b) To act as a fulcrum.
(c) To function simultaneously as one.
(d) To work in tandem.

2. Who says that the hand and brain both speak to each other?
(a) Merlin Donald.
(b) Henry Plotkin.
(c) Robertson Davies.
(d) Frank Wilson.

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

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

5. What did hominids require in order to expand their range beyond the jungle?
(a) Brain evolution.
(b) Walking upright.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Opposing thumb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is a choreographed skill?

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

3. Who is Sir Charles Bell?

4. To what do marionettes exhibit similarities?

5. What does the coordination of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones do?

(see the answer key)

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