The Botany of Desire Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Michael Pollan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Botany of Desire Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Michael Pollan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The _____ was linked to the corruption of the Catholic church, while the apple was linked with wholesome Protestantism.
(a) Grape.
(b) Banana.
(c) Peach.
(d) Fig.

2. The book states that before the evolution of flowers, life existed in a much _______ world.
(a) Faster.
(b) More beautiful.
(c) Simpler.
(d) More complicated.

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

4. Chapman stated that he was promised "a true wife in heaven" and thus he never ______.
(a) Married.
(b) Had relationships.
(c) Spoke to women.
(d) Lived at home.

5. ______ is the name given to the state-of-the-art growing regimen that could yield three pounds of sinsemilla in two months' time.
(a) Lake of Green.
(b) Ocean of Green.
(c) Sea of Green.
(d) Pool of Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author speculates that in order to transcend the normal day experience, we may need to a single volume of knowledge, which is a natural history of the __________.

2. The Native Americans that knew Chapman considered him to be a brilliant woodsman and ______.

3. The Greeks believed that true beauty was the offspring of form and ecstasy personified in ______ and Apollo.

4. Johnny Appleseed is generally acknowledged as having planted _______ of apple seeds across a wide range of orchards.

5. Chapman was credited for introducing 'Johnny weed' or ________, to the state of Ohio.

(see the answer key)

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