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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 is one very important problem-solving strategy?
(a) Language.
(b) Creating tribes.
(c) Organizing.
(d) Farming.

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

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

4. What is the ability to design and manufacture tools considered by Wilson?
(a) The way humans evolve.
(b) The only way the brain can solve mechanical problems.
(c) The way to take advantage of the hand's capabilities.
(d) A problem-solving strategy.

5. What does the author say we are dependent upon that we rarely think about?
(a) Our food.
(b) Our hands.
(c) Our interaction with others.
(d) Our appointment books.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many muscles that are attached to the thumb enable it to do its work?

2. What does the coordination of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones do?

3. What operator has to do to anticipate load weight and wind changes?

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

5. What does Charles Bell say practice enables?

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