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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 juggling as learned and performed by Percelly provide?
(a) Good daily exercise.
(b) A way to have fun in becoming a better tennis player.
(c) An entertaining dimension to understanding the mind-body dichotomy.
(d) A way to become a professional tennis player.

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

3. According to Charles Sherrington, what is a natural progression?
(a) Using intent.
(b) Juggling with increasing number of objects.
(c) The learning of focus.
(d) The learning of motor skills.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Charles Sherrington, what are sensors to the target object?

2. What does the neocortex size reliably predict?

3. What problem causes the author to reach a turning point in his thinking about the hand?

4. How does David compensate for his lack of strength?

5. On the other hand, why might juggling have a use?

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