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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that the hand and brain both speak to each other?

2. Why was Serge Percelly told he had the eye for tennis?

3. What operator has to do to anticipate load weight and wind changes?

4. What does Merlin Donald's theory of cultural and cognitive evolution propose?

5. What did the brain do when the forelimbs were no longer used to walk?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Charles Bell believe about practice?

3. What does Wilson say about our hands and feet as we are about to waken and right after?

4. What two terms does Duchenne propose for the scale of movement required by two hands acting in partnership?

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

6. According to Wilson, what are the two problem-solving strategies that stand out?

7. What does practice after learning do?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Hand belongs to the non-fiction genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the non-fiction genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a non-fiction and a novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful work of non-fiction?

2. Analyze and discuss The Hand based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if The Hand is a successful work of non-fiction/memoir.

3. Is The Hand a book you would recommend to a friend? Why or why not? Explain.

4. Can a non-fictional book be successful and yet many readers not enjoy it? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 3

Wilson has cited a number of people in this book. Discuss he following:

1. Choose three people whom Wilson mentions positively and give a brief idea of his opinions about those three people (or stereotypes). Use examples from The Hand to support your answer.

2. Choose three people whom Wilson mentions negatively and give a brief idea of his opinions about those three people (or stereotypes). Use examples from The Hand to support your answer.

3. Judging what Wilson says about different people in his text, how would you characterize him as a friend? As a colleague? Use examples from The Hand to support your answer.

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