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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 Wilson say is not genetic?
(a) Musical talent.
(b) The ability to sing.
(c) The ability to learn languages.
(d) The ability to hear tone.

2. For how long has the brain been preadapted for speech?
(a) More than a million years.
(b) For about 25,000 years.
(c) For about 10,000 years.
(d) Over 100,000 years.

3. What must the magician do for success?
(a) Create trust.
(b) Create disillusionment.
(c) Create confidence.
(d) Create an illusion.

4. Who is the author of Awareness Through Movement?
(a) Moshe Feldenkrais.
(b) Jonathon Fleishman.
(c) It was an anonymous publication.
(d) Frank Wilson.

5. How does Broca identify an area in the brain that controls speech?
(a) By examining the brain of a stroke patient who is left speechless.
(b) By a drug that changes the speech area of the brain.
(c) By small electrical charges administered to different areas of the brain.
(d) By examining an MRI in a person who has never been able to speak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is BachTur?

2. What do both knapping and rock climbing require?

3. What do great pianists no precede?

4. What distinguishes a proficient surgeon from a mediocre one?

5. What does Wilson wonder about his daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jeanne Bamberger and what does Wilson write about her work?

2. What does Feldenkrais say about how parents can inhibit their child's abilities?

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

4. What is the title of Feldenkrais' book and what does the book claim?

5. What does Plotkin say about secondary heuristics?

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

7. What must chefs do to create a meal?

8. Describe Peter Reynolds work.

9. What type of therapy is used in many cultures and to what does it go back?

10. What does the author think about concerning a high school language teacher?

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