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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one feature of the human hand that Marzke identifies?
(a) Greater flexibility.
(b) Greater range.
(c) Longer thumb.
(d) Larger knuckles.

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

3. From where does Sherrington discover signals originate to cause movement?
(a) The brain.
(b) The muscle itself.
(c) The spinal cord.
(d) The blood.

4. Up until a certain point, what separated the human hand from that of the ape's hand?
(a) The thumb.
(b) The texture.
(c) The size.
(d) The number of digits.

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

6. 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) They are charged either negative or positive.
(d) The are initiators of action.

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

8. What does the author say we are dependent upon that we rarely think about?
(a) Our interaction with others.
(b) Our food.
(c) Our appointment books.
(d) Our hands.

9. What does Henry Plotkin propose intelligence is?
(a) A learned response.
(b) A secondary heuristic.
(c) A primary heuristic.
(d) A genetically fixed amount.

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

11. What does the author say is a choreographed skill?
(a) Making sure a person performs all their morning abulations.
(b) The way the hand performs thousands of activities.
(c) Making breakfast while on the phone and reading the newspaper.
(d) Getting the children ready for school while planning your day at the office.

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

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

14. Who is Robin Dunbar?
(a) A professor of anthropology.
(b) A professor of biology.
(c) A professor of genealogy.
(d) A professor of archeology.

15. What is the other main reason the author writes this book on the hand?
(a) His work as a painter.
(b) His work as an art teacher.
(c) His work as a orthopedic doctor.
(d) His work as a neurologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What enables the human to weigh and relate facts to solve problems?

2. Why is now known to be important that originally was not thought to be so during early studies?

3. How is the arm different from the leg in how it's attached to the body?

4. According to Wilson, what did the expansion of territory by hominids require?

5. Who is David who is mentioned in this chapter?

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