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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Puppet Lessons from Alexandria and Dusseldorf.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did hominids require in order to expand their range beyond the jungle?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Brain evolution.
(c) Opposing thumb.
(d) Walking upright.

2. What does Rene Decartes think fluid in the eye does?
(a) Damages the optic nerve.
(b) Causes cataracts.
(c) Causes action.
(d) Keeps the iris the correct color.

3. How is the arm different from the leg in how it's attached to the body?
(a) The arm is attached in several places; whereas, the leg is attached in only one place.
(b) The arm is suspended away from the body; whereas the leg is anchored to the body..
(c) The arm swings 180 degrees; whereas, the leg swings only 90 degrees.
(d) The arm is attached by muscle rather than bone.

4. What is the purpose of the shoulder, arm and hand in being fully integrated?
(a) To work in tandem.
(b) To provide more leverage together.
(c) To function simultaneously as one.
(d) To act as a fulcrum.

5. To what do marionettes exhibit similarities?
(a) Leverage.
(b) The way a wedge works.
(c) Block and tackles.
(d) The human muscle and tendon configuration in arms and legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one very important problem-solving strategy?

2. What does the author say is a choreographed skill?

3. What does the author attempt to do that is not a well-orchestrated pattern of learning from simple to more complex?

4. What does the neocortex size reliably predict?

5. What problem causes the author to reach a turning point in his thinking about the hand?

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