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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 ability to design and manufacture tools considered by Wilson?
(a) The way humans evolve.
(b) The way to take advantage of the hand's capabilities.
(c) The only way the brain can solve mechanical problems.
(d) A problem-solving strategy.

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

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

4. What does the neocortex size reliably predict?
(a) Group size.
(b) Evolution rate.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Aggressiveness.

5. 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) They are emitted by a muscle's contractions.
(d) The are initiators of action.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say comes to life even before you rise out of bed in the morning?

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

3. How does a goat eat a piece of candy?

4. What is the hand considered in the metaphor in number 26?

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

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