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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 Rene Decartes think fluid in the eye does?
(a) Causes action.
(b) Damages the optic nerve.
(c) Keeps the iris the correct color.
(d) Causes cataracts.

2. What does the author attempt to do that is not a well-orchestrated pattern of learning from simple to more complex?
(a) Playing the saxophone.
(b) Playing the piano.
(c) Build a model airplane.
(d) Brain surgery.

3. What is one activity the author mentions that the hand usually does in the morning?
(a) Twisting a water faucet.
(b) Conducts a symphony.
(c) Grooms the dog.
(d) Plays with a football.

4. What type of control does a human or ape exert over its arm to execute a move?
(a) Unconscious.
(b) Intermittant.
(c) Conscious.
(d) Both conscious and unconscious.

5. What does the addition and transport of weight by the upper body change?
(a) The buoyancy of the body.
(b) The center of gravity.
(c) The ability to play a sport.
(d) The speed at which the body can move.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sir Charles Bell?

2. To what was the pre-human arm metaphorically compared?

3. Until recently, how have anthropologists perceived ape and human hands?

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

5. What is one thing that demonstrates the integration of movement in the shoulder, arm and hand?

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