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

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

3. Who says that the hand and brain both speak to each other?
(a) Frank Wilson.
(b) Henry Plotkin.
(c) Merlin Donald.
(d) Robertson Davies.

4. What is paleoanthropology?
(a) The study of ancient, human origins.
(b) The study of evolution of animals.
(c) The study of human civilizations.
(d) The study of matriarchal civilizations.

5. According to Charles Sherrington, what are sensors to the target object?
(a) The palm and the nerves in the cerebral cortex.
(b) The fngertips and the palm.
(c) The retina and fingertips.
(d) The retina and the palm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many muscles that are attached to the thumb enable it to do its work?

2. According to Wilson, what did the expansion of territory by hominids require?

3. What sport does David participate in during High School?

4. Who is Robin Dunbar?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Wilson's "mission" with this book?

4. What does Wilson propose as the juggling riddle, and why do children not aspire to juggle?

5. 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"?

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

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

8. What does practice after learning do?

9. What does Charles Bell believe about practice?

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

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