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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 does the neocortex size reliably predict?
(a) Aggressiveness.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Evolution rate.
(d) Group size.

2. Who says that the hand and brain both speak to each other?
(a) Merlin Donald.
(b) Frank Wilson.
(c) Robertson Davies.
(d) Henry Plotkin.

3. What is one very important problem-solving strategy?
(a) Language.
(b) Organizing.
(c) Creating tribes.
(d) Farming.

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

5. What does the hand "think" about as it helps you get ready for the day?
(a) How to movie each tendon and ligament for each task.
(b) How to move each muscle fgr each task.
(c) How to grasp something without dropping it.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Robin Dunbar?

2. What is paleoanthropology?

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

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

5. What did hominids require in order to expand their range beyond the jungle?

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