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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. According to Wilson, what did the expansion of territory by hominids require?
(a) Inequality of the sexes.
(b) Good leadership.
(c) Equality of the sexes.
(d) Group cooperation.

2. What is the purpose of the shoulder, arm and hand in being fully integrated?
(a) To work in tandem.
(b) To act as a fulcrum.
(c) To function simultaneously as one.
(d) To provide more leverage together.

3. What is the hand considered in the metaphor in number 26?
(a) The beak.
(b) The bucket.
(c) The block.
(d) The balance beam.

4. Who is Sir Charles Bell?
(a) The only British doctor who performs surgery even after the loss of one hand.
(b) A Scottish surgeon who is a contemporary of Charles Darwin.
(c) A famous Scottish composer.
(d) A famous Irish composer.

5. How does the conscious dimension of action occur?
(a) With the movement itself.
(b) With the unconscious thought first.
(c) With the thought of moving.
(d) There is no conscious dimension of action.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Galvani discover about electrical forces?

3. Why was Serge Percelly told he had the eye for tennis?

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

5. Up until a certain point, what separated the human hand from that of the ape's hand?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Charles Bell believe about practice?

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

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

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

6. What does practice after learning do?

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

8. Explain the crane metaphor Wilson uses.

9. 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"?

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

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