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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the hand "think" about as it helps you get ready for the day?
(a) How to movie each tendon and ligament for each task.
(b) How to move each muscle fgr each task.
(c) Nothing.
(d) How to grasp something without dropping it.

2. 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) Forms a synergistic system.
(c) Creates tensions to enable movement.
(d) Creates a system of interrelated functions.

3. 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 allows for greater rotation.
(c) It leaves one muscle group unbalanced.
(d) It leaves one muscle group balanced.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the brain teach itself in order to juggle?

2. How many key strokes per second can a pianist reach?

3. Who is Sir Charles Bell?

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

5. What is one puzzling concern the author mentions in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the arm different from the leg in how it is attached to the body, and which parts of the upper body corresponds to the "folding crane"?

2. What does Charles Bell believe about practice?

3. How were the ape and human hands compared anatomically until recently?

4. What aspects of the human capacity for passionate, creative work does Wilson illustrate?

5. What two terms does Duchenne propose for the scale of movement required by two hands acting in partnership?

6. What does Mary Marzke classify and how does she do so?

7. What are Australopithecines and what is an example of one?

8. What did Herophilus and Galen discover?

9. What puzzles Frank Wilson about rock climbing and piano playing? Why?

10. What is the connection between marionettes and the human muscle and tendon configuration in the arms and legs?

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