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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The flower that is presented as being the symbol of the human desire for beauty is the ______.
(a) Rose.
(b) Carnation.
(c) Lily.
(d) Tulip.

2. The book suggests that gardens used to be planted as a kind of living _____ that cared little for aesthetics.
(a) Apothecary.
(b) Display of beauty.
(c) Mandala.
(d) Art form.

3. Chapman was known to go _______ in all kinds of weather and took it as a matter of pride in his toughness.
(a) Without his hat.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Barefoot.
(d) Without a coat.

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

5. In the book, Pollan was almost caught by the police for growing a couple of ______ plants on his property.
(a) Datura.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Morning glory.
(d) Poppy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johnny Appleseed was opposed to using _____ in order to grow trees and preferred planting seeds.

2. American hippies sometimes traveled the _______ in Afghanistan and returned with seeds of Cannabis Indica.

3. Peruvian legend has it that _____ are associated with the discovery of quinine through eating the bark of the cinchona tree.

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

5. The book states that before flowers there was no connection between the way things looked and ______.

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