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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. How many key strokes per second can a pianist reach?
(a) 20.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

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

3. What does the author say is a choreographed skill?
(a) Making sure a person performs all their morning abulations.
(b) The way the hand performs thousands of activities.
(c) Getting the children ready for school while planning your day at the office.
(d) Making breakfast while on the phone and reading the newspaper.

4. What does Galvani discover about electrical forces?
(a) They are emitted by a muscle's contractions.
(b) They are shorted out by a muscle's contractions.
(c) They are charged either negative or positive.
(d) The are initiators of action.

5. From where does Sherrington discover signals originate to cause movement?
(a) The muscle itself.
(b) The blood.
(c) The spinal cord.
(d) The brain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does juggling as learned and performed by Percelly provide?

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

4. Why does the author say juggling might be considered a pastime that accomplishes nothing?

5. What type of control does a human or ape exert over its arm to execute a move?

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