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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The opposite condition to the collective flower frenzy in which a person's depression keeps them from enjoying flowers is ______.
(a) Flower-boredom.
(b) Flora-ennui.
(c) Sensual-boredom.
(d) Fauna-ennui.

2. The book suggests that the Ottoman ideal of tulip beauty was elegant, sharp, and ________.
(a) Masculine.
(b) Many-colored.
(c) Sensual.
(d) Feminine.

3. Michael Pollen compares Chapman to the Greek mythological figures _______.
(a) Nymphs.
(b) Satyrs.
(c) Centaurs.
(d) Dryads.

4. Johnny Appleseed was famous or infamous for wearing a _______ around wherever he went.
(a) Coffee sack.
(b) Pair of overalls.
(c) Fedora.
(d) Wool coat.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who knew a thing or two about natural history, called the apple, _______
(a) The American fruit.
(b) The best treat.
(c) A feeling of home.
(d) The Canadian fruit.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The book states that although marijuana cultivation is driven to some extent by money, the underlying principle is that of ______.

3. Pollan asserts that Jews and Christians discouraged devotion to flowers because it was a threat to _______.

4. The process through which humans and plants have shaped each other over the years is known as _______.

5. Lenson points out that many people of the past tried to __________ the use of drugs by calling it imagination.

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