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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. On the other hand, why might juggling have a use?
(a) It involves the complementary processes of throwing and catching.
(b) The balls can be thrown at a robber.
(c) It can earn money on the street corner.
(d) It can give you aerobic exercise if you do it vigorously.

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

3. What is the juggling riddle?
(a) How three balls can be in motion yet one held in the hand at the same time.
(b) How many balls it takes a juggler to feel accomplished.
(c) Asking riddles while you juggler to demonstrate your expertise.
(d) How a juggler can hold two balls in each hand and juggle two.

4. What does Galen discover?
(a) Ligaments pull muscles in the same direction for pulling and in opposite directions for pushing
(b) Muscles cannot pull without ligaments acting in opposition.
(c) Pairs of muscles are required to pull against each other for action.
(d) Pairs of muscles must pull in the same direction for action.

5. What does juggling as learned and performed by Percelly provide?
(a) An entertaining dimension to understanding the mind-body dichotomy.
(b) A way to have fun in becoming a better tennis player.
(c) Good daily exercise.
(d) A way to become a professional tennis player.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does David control the horses he raises?

2. Until recently, how have anthropologists perceived ape and human hands?

3. What is the ability to design and manufacture tools considered by Wilson?

4. How many key strokes per second can a pianist reach?

5. What does the author attempt to do that is not a well-orchestrated pattern of learning from simple to more complex?

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