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

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) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

2. Lenson points out that many people of the past tried to __________ the use of drugs by calling it imagination.
(a) Discourage.
(b) Ignore.
(c) Sanitize.
(d) Laugh about.

3. _______ is the name of the black version of the tulip and is as close to black as a flower gets.
(a) Queen of Despair.
(b) Queen of Night.
(c) Black Dhalia.
(d) Queen of Darkness.

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

5. The number of leaves that are only a tulip are typically _______. With the "turban" top, this gives them the suggesting of a human body.
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. Petals curving inward to hide its sexual organs, the tulip is ______ among flowers, and somewhat aloof.

2. The book suggests that _____ determined the evolution of the flower by valuing 'broken' strains that were sick.

3. Fortius, a professor, could be seen patrolling the streets of the city, ______ any tulip that he encountered.

4. The early colonists to America in addition to bringing grafts also brought apple seeds to plant called ______.

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

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