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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say we are dependent upon that we rarely think about?
(a) Our hands.
(b) Our food.
(c) Our interaction with others.
(d) Our appointment books.

2. How many muscles that are attached to the thumb enable it to do its work?
(a) Eight or nine.
(b) Twelve or thirteen.
(c) Four.
(d) About six.

3. What does Henry Plotkin propose intelligence is?
(a) A primary heuristic.
(b) A genetically fixed amount.
(c) A learned response.
(d) A secondary heuristic.

4. What does Duchenne figure out how to demonstrate?
(a) The physiology of movement.
(b) The way an electrical charge stops movement.
(c) The way a muscle contracts in order to push.
(d) The way a muscle expands in order to pull.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Galen discover?

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

4. What enables the human to weigh and relate facts to solve problems?

5. What is one term related to the scale of movement required by two hands acting in partnership?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two terms does Duchenne propose for the scale of movement required by two hands acting in partnership?

2. Who is Robin Dunbar and what does he propose?

3. How is the arm different from the leg in how it is attached to the body, and which parts of the upper body corresponds to the "folding crane"?

4. What has to happen in order for the thumb to be useful?

5. How does the touch of the pianist differ from that of the rock climber?

6. What aspects of the human capacity for passionate, creative work does Wilson illustrate?

7. What puzzles Frank Wilson about rock climbing and piano playing? Why?

8. According to Wilson, what are the two problem-solving strategies that stand out?

9. What is the connection between marionettes and the human muscle and tendon configuration in the arms and legs?

10. What terms does John Napier use that mean essentially the same as "prehensile" and "non-prehensile" and what do the terms mean?

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