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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______ change the taste of plant flesh on the tongues of certain animals and can render the sweetest fruit sour.
(a) Anthocyanins.
(b) Nicotines.
(c) Flavenoids.
(d) Daturas.

2. Chapman is known to have floated one hundred miles down the Allegheny river on _______, fast asleep.
(a) A canoe.
(b) A log.
(c) A block of ice.
(d) A raft.

3. The book states that one culture's cure all could be another culture's 'root of all evil' also known as ________.
(a) Pangaia.
(b) Panapathogen.
(c) Pangea.
(d) Panacea.

4. The book states that certain flowers are reminiscent of Greek Gods. The rose and the peony are stated to be flowers of ______.
(a) Venus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Apollo.

5. Chapman planted 'Johnny weed' because he thought that it would prevent the contraction of ______.
(a) Hayfever.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Polio.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Johnny Appleseed was famous or infamous for wearing a _______ around wherever he went.

4. The book compares tulips in fields to ______ or lipsticks, merely flashes of bright color on the horizon.

5. _______ or 'white lightning' preceded hard cider as the alcohol containing drink of choice on the frontier.

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