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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 is one thing that prompted the author to write this book on the hand?
(a) His learning to play the piano.
(b) His taking tennis lessons.
(c) His trying to learn to play a video game.
(d) His father getting arthritis and his left hand becoming non-functional.

2. Where does the hand's optimal strength lie when rock climbing?
(a) Grip.
(b) Heel of hand.
(c) Position.
(d) Fingertips.

3. Until recently, how have anthropologists perceived ape and human hands?
(a) As functionally very different.
(b) As structurally radically different.
(c) As structurally equivalent.
(d) As functionally equivalent.

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

5. How does David compensate for his lack of strength?
(a) With his mental and psychological edge.
(b) By competiting in a lower weight group.
(c) By cheating.
(d) By competiting with younger wrestlers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How is the arm different from the leg in how it's attached to the body?

4. According to Charles Sherrington, what is a natural progression?

5. What does the author say we are dependent upon that we rarely think about?

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