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

2. What enables the human to weigh and relate facts to solve problems?
(a) The soul.
(b) The hands.
(c) The brain.
(d) The heart.

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

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

5. To what do marionettes exhibit similarities?
(a) The way a wedge works.
(b) Leverage.
(c) Block and tackles.
(d) The human muscle and tendon configuration in arms and legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the conscious dimension of action occur?

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

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

4. From what does the word neuron derive its meaning?

5. What is one thing that shoulder and forearm development enabled?

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