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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Twenty-Four-Karat Thumb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one feature of the human hand that Marzke identifies?
(a) Longer thumb.
(b) Larger knuckles.
(c) Greater flexibility.
(d) Greater range.

2. What does the coordination of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones do?
(a) Creates a system of interrelated functions.
(b) Forms a synergistic system.
(c) Creates tensions to enable movement.
(d) It orients the arm and hand to make adjusting and tension-setting movements that keep the body upright.

3. What does Charles Sherrington claim about the tip of the thumb and index finger?
(a) They have more nerve endings than the other fingers.
(b) They are treated like the sensitive part of the retina.
(c) They are unable to feel tiny movements.
(d) They are unable to distinguish different types of movement.

4. How many fingers does George saw off his right hand by accident?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. How does David control the horses he raises?
(a) Behavior modification.
(b) His mind.
(c) A touch of his hand.
(d) Rope and harness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Henry Plotkin propose intelligence is?

3. Where does the hand's optimal strength lie when rock climbing?

4. According to Charles Sherrington, what are sensors to the target object?

5. To what do marionettes exhibit similarities?

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