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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. From what does the word neuron derive its meaning?
(a) A Slavic word for transmit.
(b) A Latin word for cord or fiber.
(c) A Slavic word for entangle
(d) A Greek word for cord or fiber.

2. Where in Europe does Wilson take his interest in the performance problems of musicians?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

3. What does Charles Bell say practice enables?
(a) The hand and eye to develop as sense organs.
(b) The juggler to manage a dozen or more objects.
(c) The juggler to juggle and chew gum at the same time.
(d) The juggler to talk and juggle at the same time.

4. How does the conscious dimension of action occur?
(a) With the thought of moving.
(b) With the movement itself.
(c) With the unconscious thought first.
(d) There is no conscious dimension of action.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Duchenne figure out how to demonstrate?

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

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

4. What helps maintain a skill that is learned?

5. How does David control the horses he raises?

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