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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The arts of _______ are how plants have explored their ingenuity applied to learning and adapting.
(a) Tropism.
(b) Biochemistry.
(c) Physical defenses.
(d) Locomotion.

2. Dave Hjelle from Monstanto tells Pollan something that makes him a little concerned. He says, "______________."
(a) No problem.
(b) Trust us.
(c) It's problematic.
(d) I'm worried too.

3. Pollan asserts that due to the use of apple grafts from one generation to the next, the apple population has been made____.
(a) Strong.
(b) More nutritious.
(c) More wholesome.
(d) Weak.

4. Chapman was credited for introducing 'Johnny weed' or ________, to the state of Ohio.
(a) Wormwood.
(b) Stinking fennel.
(c) Sweet fennel.
(d) Mayweed.

5. In order to reduce time and energy spent on growing male sinsemilla plants which are useless, growers started ______.
(a) Using different seeds.
(b) Killing male plants.
(c) Changing the light patterns.
(d) Using clones.

Short Answer Questions

1. The tulip is considered by the author to be the most ______ of flowers, referring especially to the way the flower forces itself out of the ground.

2. Johnny Appleseed was famous or infamous for wearing a _______ around wherever he went.

3. _______ is a social ritual of sanctioned craziness and release. It is a way for the community to temporarily indulge its Dionysian urges.

4. ______ is the unit of money used in Holland. After 1635, the price of a bulb of Switzers went from 60 to 1500.

5. The book states that certain flowers are reminiscent of Greek Gods. The rose and the peony are stated to be flowers of ______.

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