The Botany of Desire Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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 | Eight Week Quiz F

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 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the book, the human penchant for drugs has allowed people to trip the brain's ______ system washing the brain in 'feel good' chemicals.
(a) Alert.
(b) Reward.
(c) Failure.
(d) Response.

2. Pollan says that he would call the images of nature and of growing to be the Agricultural ___________, if he did not think it sounded like too much of an oxymoron.
(a) Truth.
(b) Sublime.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Understanding.

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.
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 50.

4. Psychoactive drugs serve as bridges between the worlds of matter and spirit, or in modern language _______and consciousness.
(a) Geometry.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Geology.
(d) Astronomy.

5. ______ is the most widely cultivated fruit and has been put into religious stories including that of Adam and Eve.
(a) Potato.
(b) Apple.
(c) Banana.
(d) Peach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the Monsanto headquarters located, according to Pollan's description in the book?

2. _______ is an annual convention and harvest fair sponsored by High Times Magazine that attracts many growers.

3. Dave Hjelle from Monstanto tells Pollan something that makes him a little concerned. He says, "______________."

4. ______ change the taste of plant flesh on the tongues of certain animals and can render the sweetest fruit sour.

5. Pollan asserts that even though daffodils came early in the season, _______ is not a true color for a child.

(see the answer key)

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