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Question 1:

Which physical activity was Joseph Pilates known to participate in?

A) Cycling

B) Swimming

C) Hiking

D) Yoga

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Question 2:

In a Pilates class, what three spinal movements must always be included?

A) Flexion, rotation, and lateral flexion

B) Flexion, rotation, and extension

C) Extension, lateral flexion, and flat back

D) Extension, rotation, and head nod

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Question 3:

Joseph Pilates was born where and when?

A) Germany, 1967

B) USA, 1934

C) England, 1918

D) Germany, 1880

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Question 4:

What was unique about the Camp Pilates interned in during World War I?

A) Nobody died of the influenza epidemic

B) The prison guards did Pilates exercises

C) Pilates invented some of his first apparatus

D) All of the above

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Question 5:

In what three countries did Joseph Pilates reside?

A) England, Poland and Germany

B) USA, England and Germany

C) England, France and Germany

D) USA, Germany, and China

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Question 6:

Name the 5 things your students must do before they start class and must constantly do during the class.

A) breathe, scoop, isolate, stabilize, listen

B) lengthen, strengthen, imagine, learn, breathe

C) scoop, pull ribs in, lengthen neck, curve spine, open hips

D) scoop, pull ribs in, pull shoulders down, lengthen the neck, breathe, and do all the other things as well

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Question 7:

Which of the following are considered Pilates principles?

A) Concentration, control, fluidity

B) Control, precision, timing

C) Concentration, breathing, intuition

D) Center, stretch, fluidity

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Question 8:

Joseph Pilates was considered the _______ of Pilates, and Romana Kryzanowska was the _______.

A) father, mother

B) king, queen

C) husband, wife

D) father, daughter

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Question 9:

Kyphosis is an exaggerated curve in the ______________.

A) cervical spine

B) lumbar spine

C) thoracic spine

D) collar bone

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Question 10:

Forced exhalation breathing is helpful with _____.

A) lifting heavy objects

B) deepening the scoop

C) throwing a ball

D) All of the above

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Question 11:

Joseph Pilates died in ______.

A) 1967

B) 1800

C) 1880

D) 1980

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Question 12:

What position is the spine considered when lying supine with the pelvis posteriorly tilted?

A) inclined

B) imprinted

C) neutral

D) declined

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Question 13:

What is the muscle(s) that must contract FIRST to “SCOOP” well?

A) internal obliques

B) gluteals

C) lower abs

D) transversus abdominus

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Question 14:

In Pilates two main types of muscle contraction take place; they are ______.

A) Concentric and isometric

B) Isotonic and isometric

C) Isometric and eccentric

D) Eccentric and concentric

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Question 15:

Which of the following could be considered Pilates “buzz” words?

A) Isometric

B) Stabilization

C) Core

D) Breathing

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Question 16:

In Pilates, you should generally:

A) Exhale during the contraction

B) Contract muscles all the time

C) Work at relaxing and contracting all the muscles

D) Always feel things in your lower back

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Question 17:

Joseph Pilates believed that with Contrology, you could:

A) Gain mastery of your mind over control of the body

B) Control the mind by using the body

C) Grow a bigger brain

D) Breathe more easily

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Question 18:

How many Contrology sessions did Pilates believe you needed to find your new body based upon his 1934 writings?

A) 30 sessions

B) 4 times per week for 3 months

C) Every day for 30 days

D) None of the above

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Question 19:

“Lift, scoop, and grow tall” refers to what?

A) Ice cream eating exercises

B) How to pick up objects without hurting your back

C) Pilates Posture

D) Improving your mental outlook

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Question 20:

What three words should we try NOT to use in our Pilates classes?

A) Rest, relax, breathe

B) Breathe, scoop, maneuver

C) Isometric, concentric, eccentric

D) Rest, relax, release

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Question 21:

When a muscle contracts eccentrically _______________.

A) It lengthens and gets stronger

B) It shortens and gets weaker

C) It shortens but gets stronger

D) It lengthens and gets weaker

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Question 22:

In Pilates, which of the following is NOT true:

A) Contracting and relaxing

B) Mobility and stability

C) Separation and isolation

D) Lengthen and strengthen

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Question 23:

How might a student achieve shoulder stabilization? Choose the best answer.

A) Close rib cage

B) Bring armpits to hips

C) Scoop abs

D) Flatten back

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Question 24:

In Pilates, we should breathe into our abdomen.

A) True

B) False

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Question 25:

Pelvic floor muscles are engaged by squeezing the buttocks.

A) True

B) False

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