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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. From what does the word neuron derive its meaning?

2. What does the coordination of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones do?

3. What is one thing that prompted the author to write this book on the hand?

4. How does John Napier identify the terms "power grip" and "precision grip"?

5. What is paleoanthropology?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does practice after learning do?

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

3. What do humans need to move out of the jungle?

4. What aspects of the human capacity for passionate, creative work does Wilson illustrate?

5. How did Duchenne demonstrate the physiology of movement?

6. What terms does John Napier use that mean essentially the same as "prehensile" and "non-prehensile" and what do the terms mean?

7. Explain the crane metaphor Wilson uses.

8. What puzzles Frank Wilson about rock climbing and piano playing? Why?

9. Who is George, and what does Wilson say about him?

10. 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"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. A puzzling consideration for the author is the hand's ability to be adept at rock-climbing and piano-playing. What do you think is meant by this statement? Use examples from The Hand to support your answer.

2. The human hand is a tool that functions at a wide variety and range of speed and strength. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

3. The hand function clinician John Napier identifies the terms "power grip" and "precision grip" by defining "prehensile" and "non-prehensile" movement. Explain the terms in the above sentence. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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