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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book suggests that _______ calls to human desire to alter the textures and contents of our consciousness.
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Tulips.
(d) Apples.

2. What is Pollan not allowed to do with the NewLeaf potatoes at the end of the year, according to the law?
(a) Hide them.
(b) Replant them.
(c) Eat them.
(d) Sell them.

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

4. ______ orchard has become a kind of museum for several different apple species dedicated to maintaining the diversity.
(a) Indiana.
(b) Geneva.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Mansfied.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Andrew Weil has referred to marijuana as an _____________ when taking account of the phenomenon.

2. The _____ was linked to the corruption of the Catholic church, while the apple was linked with wholesome Protestantism.

3. The apple was first introduced to North America with the initial waves of the ______ immigration.

4. In Holland, between 1634 and 1637, there was a collective frenzy around flowers known as ________.

5. Probably as a defense to discourage animals from biting into them, apple seeds contain a small amount of _______.

(see the answer key)

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