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

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

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

4. Where in Europe does Wilson take his interest in the performance problems of musicians?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Germany.

5. What is one puzzling concern the author mentions in this chapter?
(a) The hand's ability to be adept at rock-climbing and piano-playing.
(b) The reason some people's hands are proportionately larger than normal.
(c) The hand's ability to move faster than the eye.
(d) The reason some people's hands are proportionately smaller than normal.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what do marionettes exhibit similarities?

2. What is the weight of the touch of a pianist's fingers on the keyboard?

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

4. What helps maintain a skill that is learned?

5. What is one activity the author mentions that the hand usually does in the morning?

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