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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book states that although marijuana cultivation is driven to some extent by money, the underlying principle is that of ______.
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Horticulture.
(c) Gardening
(d) Rebellion.

2. In the book, Johnny Appleseed was called a benign _________ of the American Fronteir.
(a) Saint Phillip.
(b) Saint Thomas.
(c) Saint Francis.
(d) Saint Augustine.

3. The apple was first introduced to North America with the initial waves of the ______ immigration.
(a) Middle Eastern.
(b) European.
(c) Canadian.
(d) Mexican.

4. Flowers have been given the ability to attract other species using a variety of senses except ______.
(a) Auditory.
(b) Olfactory.
(c) Tactile.
(d) Visual.

5. According to the book, _____ are the only people on Earth who do not have a practice of using psychoactive plants to change consciousness.
(a) Eskimos.
(b) Africans.
(c) Australians.
(d) Icelandic people.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, the word _____ is a corruption of the Turkish word for Turban.

2. The book suggests that colors and symmetries are elemental principles of ______.

3. The tulip that Pollan has on his desk, a Queen of Night, has no ______, which he indicates is because it is meant to be visual.

4. ______ has written two books claiming that consciousness changing is a basic human activity that even children seek out.

5. Pollan asserts that Jews and Christians discouraged devotion to flowers because it was a threat to _______.

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