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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. How is the arm different from the leg in how it's attached to the body?
(a) The arm is suspended away from the body; whereas the leg is anchored to the body..
(b) The arm is attached by muscle rather than bone.
(c) The arm swings 180 degrees; whereas, the leg swings only 90 degrees.
(d) The arm is attached in several places; whereas, the leg is attached in only one place.

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

3. According to Wilson, how many problem-solving strategies are there that stand out above all others?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does the word neuron derive its meaning?

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

3. What is the hand considered in the metaphor in number 26?

4. What does the author attempt to do that is not a well-orchestrated pattern of learning from simple to more complex?

5. What type of control does a human or ape exert over its arm to execute a move?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Wilson say about our hands and feet as we are about to waken and right after?

3. What are the eight features of the human hand according to Mary Marzke?

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

5. What has to happen in order for the thumb to be useful?

6. Who is David and how is he able to succeed at wrestling despite not being very strong?

7. Who is Robin Dunbar and what does he propose?

8. What did Herophilus and Galen discover?

9. What does Charles Bell believe about practice?

10. Explain the crane metaphor Wilson uses.

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