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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What supports the conscious dimension of action?
(a) The unconscious image of movement.
(b) The brain.
(c) The conscious intent to move.
(d) The unconscious interaction of the neuromuscular system.

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

5. What did the brain do when the forelimbs were no longer used to walk?
(a) Made them functional in other areas.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Developed other means of walking on all fours.
(d) Retrained itself not to use them for walking

6. How long can a grip on a rock last for a climber?
(a) Forty seconds.
(b) Several minutes.
(c) Twenty seconds.
(d) It is incalculable.

7. Who describes the hand as the "consummation of all perfection as an instrument"?
(a) Francis Bacon.
(b) Sir Francis Hemmington.
(c) Sir Charles Bell.
(d) Issac Newton.

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

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

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

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

12. Who is David who is mentioned in this chapter?
(a) Wilson's brother.
(b) An anonymous rock climber.
(c) Wilson's cousin.
(d) Wilson's boyhood friend.

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

14. According to Charles Sherrington, what are sensors to the target object?
(a) The palm and the nerves in the cerebral cortex.
(b) The fngertips and the palm.
(c) The retina and fingertips.
(d) The retina and the palm.

15. What does the neocortex size reliably predict?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Evolution rate.
(c) Group size.
(d) Aggressiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing that prompted the author to write this book on the hand?

2. According to Wilson, how many problem-solving strategies are there that stand out above all others?

3. What does Merlin Donald's theory of cultural and cognitive evolution propose?

4. What is the ability to design and manufacture tools considered by Wilson?

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

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