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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hand, Eye and Sky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is paleoanthropology?
(a) The study of ancient, human origins.
(b) The study of human civilizations.
(c) The study of evolution of animals.
(d) The study of matriarchal civilizations.

2. What operator has to do to anticipate load weight and wind changes?
(a) An elevator operator.
(b) A crane operator.
(c) A bulldozer operator.
(d) A grain elevator operator.

3. What is the ability to design and manufacture tools considered by Wilson?
(a) The way humans evolve.
(b) The only way the brain can solve mechanical problems.
(c) A problem-solving strategy.
(d) The way to take advantage of the hand's capabilities.

4. How does the conscious dimension of action occur?
(a) With the thought of moving.
(b) With the unconscious thought first.
(c) With the movement itself.
(d) There is no conscious dimension of action.

5. How does the brain teach itself in order to juggle?
(a) By making the brain and hand work together.
(b) By requiring the juggler to repeat a motion over and over.
(c) By learning how to trigger individual muscles rather than groups of muscles.
(d) By learning how to trigger groups of muscles rather than individual muscles.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Sherrington discover signals originate to cause movement?

2. What does Charles Sherrington claim about the tip of the thumb and index finger?

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

4. What does the author say comes to life even before you rise out of bed in the morning?

5. According to Wilson, how many problem-solving strategies are there that stand out above all others?

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