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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 is the strength of a climber's grip on a rock face?
(a) There is no way to calculate that figure.
(b) Ups to 120 pound per square inch.
(c) Up to 50 pounds per square inch.
(d) Up to 80 pounds per square inch.

2. What problem causes the author to reach a turning point in his thinking about the hand?
(a) A finger amputation.
(b) A stroke.
(c) Musician's cramp.
(d) A broken wrist.

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

4. What enables the human to weigh and relate facts to solve problems?
(a) The heart.
(b) The brain.
(c) The hands.
(d) The soul.

5. What does Merlin Donald's theory of cultural and cognitive evolution propose?
(a) The human brain developed in a stop-and-go process.
(b) The human body developed in a three-stage process.
(c) The human brain developed in a three-stage process.
(d) The groupings of tribes developed in a two-stage process.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rene Decartes think fluid in the eye does?

2. What is paleoanthropology?

3. Who is Sir Charles Bell?

4. According to Charles Sherrington, what are sensors to the target object?

5. Who is David who is mentioned in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does practice after learning do?

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

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

9. What did Herophilus and Galen discover?

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

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