The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Frank R. Wilson
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The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many fingers does George saw off his right hand by accident?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

2. What is the weight of the touch of a pianist's fingers on the keyboard?
(a) About eight ounces per square inch.
(b) About three pounds per square inch.
(c) About twelve ounces per square inch.
(d) Less than three ounces per square inch.

3. What sport does David participate in during High School?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Wrestling.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Soccer.

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

5. What is one thing that demonstrates the integration of movement in the shoulder, arm and hand?
(a) The rotation of the palm
(b) The unfolding of the fingers.
(c) The clenching of the fist.
(d) The rotation of the arm.

6. What type of control does a human or ape exert over its arm to execute a move?
(a) Conscious.
(b) Intermittant.
(c) Both conscious and unconscious.
(d) Unconscious.

7. 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) Plays with a football.
(d) Grooms the dog.

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

9. What is one term related to the scale of movement required by two hands acting in partnership?
(a) Melometric.
(b) Iconometric.
(c) Macromedian.
(d) Macrometric.

10. How does the brain teach itself in order to juggle?
(a) By making the brain and hand work together.
(b) By requiring the juggler to repeat a motion over and over.
(c) By learning how to trigger groups of muscles rather than individual muscles.
(d) By learning how to trigger individual muscles rather than groups of muscles.

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

12. What is one thing that prompted the author to write this book on the hand?
(a) His learning to play the piano.
(b) His trying to learn to play a video game.
(c) His taking tennis lessons.
(d) His father getting arthritis and his left hand becoming non-functional.

13. Where does the hand's optimal strength lie when rock climbing?
(a) Heel of hand.
(b) Grip.
(c) Position.
(d) Fingertips.

14. What does Charles Sherrington claim about the tip of the thumb and index finger?
(a) They have more nerve endings than the other fingers.
(b) They are treated like the sensitive part of the retina.
(c) They are unable to distinguish different types of movement.
(d) They are unable to feel tiny movements.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the conscious dimension of action occur?

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

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

4. What is the strength of a climber's grip on a rock face?

5. What does Rene Decartes think fluid in the eye does?

(see the answer keys)

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