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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. Who is Robin Dunbar?
(a) A professor of archeology.
(b) A professor of genealogy.
(c) A professor of biology.
(d) A professor of anthropology.

2. What supports the conscious dimension of action?
(a) The conscious intent to move.
(b) The unconscious interaction of the neuromuscular system.
(c) The unconscious image of movement.
(d) The brain.

3. What is one activity the author mentions that the hand usually does in the morning?
(a) Plays with a football.
(b) Twisting a water faucet.
(c) Conducts a symphony.
(d) Grooms the dog.

4. What helps maintain a skill that is learned?
(a) Practice.
(b) Visualizing the skill daily.
(c) The memory portion of the brain.
(d) Nothing; once it's learned it is always available.

5. Why was Serge Percelly told he had the eye for tennis?
(a) His retina had more nerves endings than average.
(b) His forearms were unusually well developed.
(c) He could see where the ball was going and meet it there.
(d) His hand-eye coordination was above average.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing the thumb is uniquely able to do?

2. Who is Sir Charles Bell?

3. How does a goat eat a piece of candy?

4. Who says that the hand and brain both speak to each other?

5. How many features of the human hand does Mary Marzke identify?

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