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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Arm We Brought Down From the Trees.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem causes the author to reach a turning point in his thinking about the hand?
(a) Musician's cramp.
(b) A stroke.
(c) A finger amputation.
(d) A broken wrist.

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

3. Who is Sir Charles Bell?
(a) The only British doctor who performs surgery even after the loss of one hand.
(b) A famous Scottish composer.
(c) A famous Irish composer.
(d) A Scottish surgeon who is a contemporary of Charles Darwin.

4. How does a goat eat a piece of candy?
(a) Sometimes just the wrapper and sometimes just the candy.
(b) The wrapper and the candy.
(c) Just the candy.
(d) Just the wrapper.

5. What is the hand considered in the metaphor in number 26?
(a) The balance beam.
(b) The bucket.
(c) The block.
(d) The beak.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what was the pre-human arm metaphorically compared?

3. What is one activity the author mentions that the hand usually does in the morning?

4. What is the other main reason the author writes this book on the hand?

5. What is one thing that shoulder and forearm development enabled?

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