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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing the thumb is uniquely able to do?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Move independently of any other finger.
(c) Bend at the middle knuckle.
(d) Hyperextend.

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

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

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

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

6. What does Galen discover?
(a) Ligaments pull muscles in the same direction for pulling and in opposite directions for pushing
(b) Pairs of muscles must pull in the same direction for action.
(c) Muscles cannot pull without ligaments acting in opposition.
(d) Pairs of muscles are required to pull against each other for action.

7. From what does the word neuron derive its meaning?
(a) A Greek word for cord or fiber.
(b) A Slavic word for transmit.
(c) A Latin word for cord or fiber.
(d) A Slavic word for entangle

8. Why was Serge Percelly told he had the eye for tennis?
(a) He could see where the ball was going and meet it there.
(b) His hand-eye coordination was above average.
(c) His forearms were unusually well developed.
(d) His retina had more nerves endings than average.

9. What is the critical significance of the paddle in Duchenne's model?
(a) It sends simultaneous signals that result in the interplay of movement.
(b) It leaves one muscle group unbalanced.
(c) It leaves one muscle group balanced.
(d) It allows for greater rotation.

10. Why is now known to be important that originally was not thought to be so during early studies?
(a) Strength.
(b) Flexibility.
(c) Length of digits.
(d) The thumb.

11. What is the purpose of the shoulder, arm and hand in being fully integrated?
(a) To act as a fulcrum.
(b) To work in tandem.
(c) To provide more leverage together.
(d) To function simultaneously as one.

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

13. What does the author attempt to do that is not a well-orchestrated pattern of learning from simple to more complex?
(a) Playing the saxophone.
(b) Build a model airplane.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Brain surgery.

14. Who says that the hand and brain both speak to each other?
(a) Henry Plotkin.
(b) Merlin Donald.
(c) Frank Wilson.
(d) Robertson Davies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the juggling riddle?

2. What does Charles Sherrington claim about the tip of the thumb and index finger?

3. Why does the author say juggling might be considered a pastime that accomplishes nothing?

4. What is one activity the author mentions that the hand usually does in the morning?

5. What does the author say we are dependent upon that we rarely think about?

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