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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the book, there are ______ plants that have shaped human existence at least as much as human's have affected these plants.
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

2. Before flowers, sexual reproduction consisted of _____ being dispersed by the wind to be caught by other plants.
(a) Petals.
(b) Pollen.
(c) Stamens.
(d) Pistils.

3. The domestic apple is thought to have derived from a species that originally came from the country ______.
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Uzbekistan.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Kazakhstan.

4. Johnny Appleseed raised ______ for sale and subsequent transplantation.
(a) Apple seeds.
(b) Apple clones.
(c) Apple cuttings.
(d) Apple trees.

5. ________ was an American Pioneer and introduced the apple in the Midwestern United States.
(a) John Calhoun.
(b) William Jones.
(c) John Chapman.
(d) Phil Forsline.

Short Answer Questions

1. Red and Golden are two forms of North American cultivars of this particular type of apple ______.

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

3. The book suggests that the Ottoman ideal of tulip beauty was elegant, sharp, and ________.

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

5. The plants that have contributed to the shaping of human existence include all of the following except _______.

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