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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 are developed rather than existing from birth?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Talent and language skills.
(c) Human intelligence, talent and skill.
(d) Human intelligence and ability to think.

2. What area of the brain do scientists believe is specialized for language?
(a) The right brain hemisphere.
(b) The left brain hemisphere.
(c) The cerebellum.
(d) The frontal lobe.

3. What is Jack restoring?
(a) A 1956 Chevy.
(b) A 1954 Dodge.
(c) A 1944 Dodge.
(d) A 1949 Mercury.

4. Who is an Israeli physicist mentioned in this chapter?
(a) Moshe Feldenkrais.
(b) Abraham Disera.
(c) David Golems.
(d) Jonathon Fleishman.

5. What helps the high school teacher?
(a) A government grant.
(b) Determination.
(c) Feldenkrais.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do both knapping and rock climbing require?

2. What does Feldenkrais facilitate?

3. With whom does the University of New Mexico perform a study about communicative movements?

4. What type of intelligence does Patricia Greenfield study?

5. What does the Israeli physicist desire to do rather than increasing muscle strength in a paralyzed person?

Short Essay Questions

1. What area of the brain seems to be specialized for language and for how long has this are been adapted for language?

2. What is one thing that influences which hand is dominant and what are a couple other characteristics that are often associated with one dominant hand or the other?

3. Why does Wilson bring up his friend Jack Schaefer?

4. Explain the studies that are conducted by a joint effort of University of New Mexico and Gallaudet University?

5. What do medicine and magic have in common?

6. Explain the term "BackTur."

7. What are Wilson's conclusions about musical talent or heuristic?

8. Who is Patricia Greenfield and what does she theorize?

9. What is one of medicine's oldest links and how does it work?

10. What does Wilson say about stone knapping?

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