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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. According to Wilson, why do children not usually enjoy doing juggling?
(a) They do not have the necessary physical stamina.
(b) They are too easily bored with trying to learn it.
(c) They do not the the necessary concentration.
(d) They do not have the necessary hand-eye coordination.

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

3. What is one feature of the human hand that Marzke identifies?
(a) Longer thumb.
(b) Larger knuckles.
(c) Greater flexibility.
(d) Greater range.

4. Who says that the hand and brain both speak to each other?
(a) Merlin Donald.
(b) Frank Wilson.
(c) Henry Plotkin.
(d) Robertson Davies.

5. What is the strength of a climber's grip on a rock face?
(a) There is no way to calculate that figure.
(b) Up to 50 pounds per square inch.
(c) Up to 80 pounds per square inch.
(d) Ups to 120 pound per square inch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing that shoulder and forearm development enabled?

2. Who is Sir Charles Bell?

3. What is paleoanthropology?

4. What is one term related to the scale of movement required by two hands acting in partnership?

5. What does Herophilus discover?

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