The Botany of Desire Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Michael Pollan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Botany of Desire Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Michael Pollan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______ is the unit of money used in Holland. After 1635, the price of a bulb of Switzers went from 60 to 1500.
(a) Guilders.
(b) Dollars.
(c) Marks.
(d) Euros.

2. The French romantics were said to have experimented with ________ after Napoleon's troops brought it back with them from Egypt.
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Speed.
(d) Opium.

3. The process through which humans and plants have shaped each other over the years is known as _______.
(a) Co-emergence.
(b) Co-occurence.
(c) Co-dependence.
(d) Co-evolution.

4. The book states that Johnny Appleseed died in 1845 in _______ Indiana.
(a) Ft. Wayne.
(b) Gary.
(c) Defiance.
(d) Brilliant.

5. Peruvian legend has it that _____ are associated with the discovery of quinine through eating the bark of the cinchona tree.
(a) Macaws.
(b) Jaguars.
(c) Toucans.
(d) Pumas.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book states that beauty in nature is often linked with ______ as evidenced by a bird's plumage.

2. Before flowers, sexual reproduction consisted of _____ being dispersed by the wind to be caught by other plants.

3. During the lifetime of Johnny Appleseed, Ohio law required a settler to put out ___ apple or pear trees in order to get a land grant.

4. The author speculates that in order to transcend the normal day experience, we may need to a single volume of knowledge, which is a natural history of the __________.

5. Chapman stated that he was promised "a true wife in heaven" and thus he never ______.

(see the answer key)

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