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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. What did ground mammals eat at this time?
2. What is aphasia?
3. How does black magic differ from white magic regarding a patient's belief?
4. What is Jack restoring?
5. What is a polylith?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the result of global climate changes 65 million years ago?
2. What are Wilson's conclusions about musical talent or heuristic?
3. What does eating at LuLu teach Wilson?
4. What does Feldenkrais say about how parents can inhibit their child's abilities?
5. Why does Wilson bring up his friend Jack Schaefer?
6. Describe Peter Reynolds work.
7. What two brain task does Noam Chomsky say are necessary for an individual to speak a language?
8. What type of therapy is used in many cultures and to what does it go back?
9. Who is Moshe Feldenkrais and what does he discover?
10. How has the hand been used throughout its long history?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Frank R. Wilson.
2. What in Wilson's background may have helped him in writing The Hand? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her books? Why or why not? Give examples.
Essay Topic 2
Through the ages of human history Wilson explores cultural transformation of human paths and posits the "permanent immaturity" of a human brain. Wilson's underlying thesis is that people are born resourceful. Over time and experience, they adapt and evolve to become skillful and thoughtful.
1. Explain, in detail what is meant by "permanent immaturity" of a human brain. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
2. Discuss two ways in which humans have adapted to their environment. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
3. Explain how becoming more skillful and thoughtful is related to evolution. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Wilson claims the brain and musculoskeletal systems evolve by changing structure and function over time, the bipedal gait and upper limb changes are characteristic of the hominid line distinct from primates, and the driving force of hominid brain evolution is the brain and society as hominids expand their range beyond the jungle into other habitats.
1. Explain what Wilson means by the brain and musculoskeletal systems changing structure and function. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
2. Discuss, in depth, how the bipedal gait and upper limbs differ between hominids and apes. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
3. Discuss reasons you think expanding the range of habitats made the hominid more intelligent. Use examples from the text to support your answer.
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