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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. Who is Sir Charles Bell?
(a) A Scottish surgeon who is a contemporary of Charles Darwin.
(b) A famous Irish composer.
(c) A famous Scottish composer.
(d) The only British doctor who performs surgery even after the loss of one hand.

2. What does Galvani discover about electrical forces?
(a) They are charged either negative or positive.
(b) The are initiators of action.
(c) They are shorted out by a muscle's contractions.
(d) They are emitted by a muscle's contractions.

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

4. What does the addition and transport of weight by the upper body change?
(a) The center of gravity.
(b) The speed at which the body can move.
(c) The buoyancy of the body.
(d) The ability to play a sport.

5. What does every society have?
(a) Its rules for learning.
(b) Its tools for teaching.
(c) Creative people.
(d) Its ideas about what is important to learn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the high school language teacher quit teaching?

3. What do both knapping and rock climbing require?

4. What did hominids require in order to expand their range beyond the jungle?

5. What does Duchenne figure out how to demonstrate?

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