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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Twenty-Four-Karat Thumb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the neocortex size reliably predict?
(a) Group size.
(b) Aggressiveness.
(c) Evolution rate.
(d) Intelligence.

2. Who describes the hand as the "consummation of all perfection as an instrument"?
(a) Issac Newton.
(b) Francis Bacon.
(c) Sir Charles Bell.
(d) Sir Francis Hemmington.

3. Why was Serge Percelly told he had the eye for tennis?
(a) His hand-eye coordination was above average.
(b) His retina had more nerves endings than average.
(c) His forearms were unusually well developed.
(d) He could see where the ball was going and meet it there.

4. What does the hand "think" about as it helps you get ready for the day?
(a) How to movie each tendon and ligament for each task.
(b) How to grasp something without dropping it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) How to move each muscle fgr each task.

5. How does John Napier identify the terms "power grip" and "precision grip"?
(a) Climber and piano player.
(b) Wrestler and soccer goalie.
(c) He does not distinguish between the two.
(d) "Prehensile" and "non-prehensile."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say comes to life even before you rise out of bed in the morning?

2. Who says that the hand and brain both speak to each other?

3. What is paleoanthropology?

4. What does the addition and transport of weight by the upper body change?

5. What does Galen discover?

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