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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Grip of the Past.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem causes the author to reach a turning point in his thinking about the hand?
(a) A finger amputation.
(b) A stroke.
(c) A broken wrist.
(d) Musician's cramp.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles Bell say practice enables?

2. What does the neocortex size reliably predict?

3. What does Duchenne figure out how to demonstrate?

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

5. What is one term related to the scale of movement required by two hands acting in partnership?

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