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

2. What does Frederick Wood Jones note about the hand?
(a) It is actually the brain in control rather than the hand.
(b) It is only as good as the mind wishes it to be.
(c) It can be an instrument of good or evil.
(d) It is not as important as the tongue.

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

4. How many key strokes per second can a pianist reach?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 20.

5. What is pad-to-side?
(a) One type of grip.
(b) A way of rotating the wrist.
(c) A way to practice rock climbing.
(d) A way of moving the fingers.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what do marionettes exhibit similarities?

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

3. According to Wilson, why do children not usually enjoy doing juggling?

4. What does Galen discover?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is George, and what does Wilson say about him?

3. 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"?

4. What do humans need to move out of the jungle?

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

6. According to Wilson, what are the two problem-solving strategies that stand out?

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

8. How does the touch of the pianist differ from that of the rock climber?

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

10. What does Charles Bell believe about practice?

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