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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. How many years ago did changes in global climate initiate an ecosystem of fruits and flowers?
(a) 50 thousand.
(b) 1.5 million.
(c) 10 million.
(d) 65 million.

2. Who is Anat?
(a) A neurosurgeon.
(b) A physics professor.
(c) A physical therapist.
(d) A Feldenkrais practitioner.

3. What did ground mammals eat at this time?
(a) Mostly nuts and grass.
(b) Just small rodents.
(c) Vegetarian matter or carnivores.
(d) Mostly birds.

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

5. What can can restore feeling to one who has lost a sense of connection with their body and enable movement again?
(a) Small jolts of electricity to muscles.
(b) The awareness of the effect of the brain on controlling movement.
(c) Visualization.
(d) Regeneration of nerve cells.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who must suspend their disbelief?

2. What is aphasia?

3. Why does the high school language teacher quit teaching?

4. What are developed rather than existing from birth?

5. What is BachTur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wilson say about stone knapping?

2. Upon what does early medicine rely?

3. Who is Paul Broca and for what is he known?

4. What is the result of global climate changes 65 million years ago?

5. What do medicine and magic have in common?

6. What does Wilson say about the skills of musical virtuosos?

7. Explain the term "BackTur."

8. How has the hand been used throughout its long history?

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

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

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