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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Head for the Hands and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wilson say laboring in the kitchen takes?
(a) The ability to distinguish among subtle flavors.
(b) Strong physical stamina.
(c) Strong emotional health.
(d) The ability to ignore heat.

2. What is incompatible with institutional education?
(a) Fostering creativity.
(b) Achieving the goals listed in The Educated Mind.
(c) Learning to think independently.
(d) Nothing.

3. What did hominids require in order to expand their range beyond the jungle?
(a) Opposing thumb.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Walking upright.
(d) Brain evolution.

4. What is another thing today's chef must have?
(a) The joy of a newborn baby.
(b) The curiosity of a cat.
(c) The heart of a lion.
(d) The aesthetics of a poet.

5. What is the juggling riddle?
(a) How three balls can be in motion yet one held in the hand at the same time.
(b) Asking riddles while you juggler to demonstrate your expertise.
(c) How a juggler can hold two balls in each hand and juggle two.
(d) How many balls it takes a juggler to feel accomplished.

Short Answer Questions

1. Up until a certain point, what separated the human hand from that of the ape's hand?

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

3. What do some people claim is not biologically relevant?

4. Who wrote The Educated Mind?

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

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