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

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

3. What supports the conscious dimension of action?
(a) The unconscious image of movement.
(b) The unconscious interaction of the neuromuscular system.
(c) The brain.
(d) The conscious intent to move.

4. What does the hand "think" about as it helps you get ready for the day?
(a) How to movie each tendon and ligament for each task.
(b) How to move each muscle fgr each task.
(c) Nothing.
(d) How to grasp something without dropping it.

5. What does the author say is a choreographed skill?
(a) The way the hand performs thousands of activities.
(b) Getting the children ready for school while planning your day at the office.
(c) Making sure a person performs all their morning abulations.
(d) Making breakfast while on the phone and reading the newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what do marionettes exhibit similarities?

3. What is one thing that prompted the author to write this book on the hand?

4. What does Galvani discover about electrical forces?

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

(see the answer key)

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