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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 does the author say comes to life even before you rise out of bed in the morning?
(a) Your brain.
(b) Hands and arms.
(c) Your dog.
(d) Your digestive juices.

2. According to Charles Sherrington, what is a natural progression?
(a) The learning of motor skills.
(b) Using intent.
(c) Juggling with increasing number of objects.
(d) The learning of focus.

3. What is paleoanthropology?
(a) The study of evolution of animals.
(b) The study of human civilizations.
(c) The study of matriarchal civilizations.
(d) The study of ancient, human origins.

4. What is the hand's optimal position over the keyboard?
(a) With the fingers fairly rigid.
(b) A gentle curve.
(c) With the palm slightly convex.
(d) With the fingers spread as far as possible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the shoulder, arm and hand in being fully integrated?

2. What helps maintain a skill that is learned?

3. Where in Europe does Wilson take his interest in the performance problems of musicians?

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

5. According to Charles Sherrington, what are sensors to the target object?

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