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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the ability to design and manufacture tools considered by Wilson?
(a) A problem-solving strategy.
(b) The way humans evolve.
(c) The way to take advantage of the hand's capabilities.
(d) The only way the brain can solve mechanical problems.

2. What is one thing that shoulder and forearm development enabled?
(a) The ability to hunt.
(b) The ability to carve.
(c) The ability to throw objects.
(d) The ability to catch objects.

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

4. What does the coordination of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones do?
(a) It orients the arm and hand to make adjusting and tension-setting movements that keep the body upright.
(b) Creates a system of interrelated functions.
(c) Creates tensions to enable movement.
(d) Forms a synergistic system.

5. What is one very important problem-solving strategy?
(a) Organizing.
(b) Language.
(c) Farming.
(d) Creating tribes.

6. What does Duchenne figure out how to demonstrate?
(a) The physiology of movement.
(b) The way a muscle expands in order to pull.
(c) The way a muscle contracts in order to push.
(d) The way an electrical charge stops movement.

7. Where in Europe does Wilson take his interest in the performance problems of musicians?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

8. How does David compensate for his lack of strength?
(a) By cheating.
(b) By competiting with younger wrestlers.
(c) With his mental and psychological edge.
(d) By competiting in a lower weight group.

9. For what does the thumb have to be long enough?
(a) To touch the last finger at its base.
(b) To have two joints.
(c) To bend at a 90 degree angle.
(d) To reach the fingertips.

10. What is pad-to-side?
(a) One type of grip.
(b) A way to practice rock climbing.
(c) A way of moving the fingers.
(d) A way of rotating the wrist.

11. What is paleoanthropology?
(a) The study of matriarchal civilizations.
(b) The study of ancient, human origins.
(c) The study of human civilizations.
(d) The study of evolution of animals.

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

13. What is the hand's optimal position over the keyboard?
(a) With the palm slightly convex.
(b) With the fingers fairly rigid.
(c) With the fingers spread as far as possible.
(d) A gentle curve.

14. What is one activity the author mentions that the hand usually does in the morning?
(a) Conducts a symphony.
(b) Twisting a water faucet.
(c) Grooms the dog.
(d) Plays with a football.

15. What enables the human to weigh and relate facts to solve problems?
(a) The hands.
(b) The brain.
(c) The heart.
(d) The soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry Plotkin propose intelligence is?

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

3. How many fingers does George saw off his right hand by accident?

4. What is the hand considered in the metaphor in number 26?

5. How does John Napier identify the terms "power grip" and "precision grip"?

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