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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Appleseed used most of his crops in order to make ______, which led him to be thought of as an 'American Dionysus.'
(a) Apple vodka.
(b) Apple pie.
(c) Fermented cider.
(d) Apple crisp.

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

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

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

5. Probably as a defense to discourage animals from biting into them, apple seeds contain a small amount of _______.
(a) Cyanide.
(b) Curare.
(c) Strichnine.
(d) Vinegar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Teaching men how to ferment the juice of the grape, ______ had brought civilization the gift of wine.

2. Apple trees are able to reproduce _______ which helps to facilitate their ability to be grafted to a root stock.

3. ________ was an American Pioneer and introduced the apple in the Midwestern United States.

4. In the book, Johnny Appleseed was called a benign _________ of the American Fronteir.

5. The process through which humans and plants have shaped each other over the years is known as _______.

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