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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 is one thing today's chef must have?
(a) A good nose for smelling.
(b) Discretion.
(c) Dedication.
(d) The skills of a warrior.

2. What does Rene Decartes think fluid in the eye does?
(a) Causes action.
(b) Keeps the iris the correct color.
(c) Causes cataracts.
(d) Damages the optic nerve.

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

4. What problem causes the author to reach a turning point in his thinking about the hand?
(a) A stroke.
(b) A finger amputation.
(c) A broken wrist.
(d) Musician's cramp.

5. Until recently, how have anthropologists perceived ape and human hands?
(a) As structurally radically different.
(b) As functionally equivalent.
(c) As functionally very different.
(d) As structurally equivalent.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long has the brain been preadapted for speech?

2. What can cause reduced bodily movement?

3. What did the fruits and flowers provide?

4. What is the other main reason the author writes this book on the hand?

5. What did the brain do when the forelimbs were no longer used to walk?

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