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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 grasp something without dropping it.
(b) Nothing.
(c) How to move each muscle fgr each task.
(d) How to movie each tendon and ligament for each task.

2. What does Henry Plotkin propose intelligence is?
(a) A secondary heuristic.
(b) A learned response.
(c) A genetically fixed amount.
(d) A primary heuristic.

3. What does Galen discover?
(a) Pairs of muscles must pull in the same direction for action.
(b) Ligaments pull muscles in the same direction for pulling and in opposite directions for pushing
(c) Muscles cannot pull without ligaments acting in opposition.
(d) Pairs of muscles are required to pull against each other for action.

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

5. What is the other main reason the author writes this book on the hand?
(a) His work as a orthopedic doctor.
(b) His work as a neurologist.
(c) His work as a painter.
(d) His work as an art teacher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one thing that shoulder and forearm development enabled?

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

4. What does Galvani discover about electrical forces?

5. What helps maintain a skill that is learned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wilson say about juggling as a pastime?

2. Who is Merlin Donald and what does he propose?

3. What does Charles Bell believe about practice?

4. What does the addition and transport of weight to the body cause?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Explain the crane metaphor Wilson uses.

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