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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Articulate Hand.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 swings 180 degrees; whereas, the leg swings only 90 degrees.
(c) The arm is attached by muscle rather than bone.
(d) The arm is suspended away from the body; whereas the leg is anchored to the body..

2. What is one puzzling concern the author mentions in this chapter?
(a) The hand's ability to be adept at rock-climbing and piano-playing.
(b) The hand's ability to move faster than the eye.
(c) The reason some people's hands are proportionately smaller than normal.
(d) The reason some people's hands are proportionately larger than normal.

3. What is one thing the thumb is uniquely able to do?
(a) Move independently of any other finger.
(b) Hyperextend.
(c) Bend at the middle knuckle.
(d) Nothing.

4. What is aphasia?
(a) A language impairment.
(b) A way of charting the areas of the brain.
(c) A disease that limits the function of the medulla.
(d) A motor impairment that affects the hand.

5. How does Greenfield say she knows how a child will solve Greenfield's stick puzzle?
(a) By observing which foot the child starts out on when walking.
(b) By knowing if the child can read.
(c) By observing which thumb is larger.
(d) By knowing the child's age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one feature of the human hand that Marzke identifies?

2. On the other hand, why might juggling have a use?

3. What often dictates which hand is dominate?

4. Why was Serge Percelly told he had the eye for tennis?

5. According to Chomsky, how many brain tasks are required for speaking language?

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