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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Articulate Hand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the beginning of this chapter say the hand been used throughout its long history?
(a) For both social interaction and attention.
(b) To create art.
(c) Only as a tool.
(d) As a means of conquering.

2. What is one thing the thumb is uniquely able to do?
(a) Bend at the middle knuckle.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Hyperextend.
(d) Move independently of any other finger.

3. How does David control the horses he raises?
(a) Behavior modification.
(b) Rope and harness.
(c) A touch of his hand.
(d) His mind.

4. What is aphasia?
(a) A language impairment.
(b) A motor impairment that affects the hand.
(c) A disease that limits the function of the medulla.
(d) A way of charting the areas of the brain.

5. What is sometimes attributed to intelligence or gender?
(a) The uses to which one puts the hand.
(b) Which hand one uses as the dominent hand.
(c) Good penmanship.
(d) Coordination.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what do marionettes exhibit similarities?

2. How is the dominant hand theoretically controlled?

3. How many features of the human hand does Mary Marzke identify?

4. According to Charles Sherrington, what is a natural progression?

5. What does Charles Sherrington claim about the tip of the thumb and index finger?

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