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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Part of the Americanization of the apple had to do with the character of Johnny Appleseed whose real name was ______.
(a) Phil Forsline.
(b) John Calhoun.
(c) John Chapman.
(d) William Jones.

3. Flowers are unable to choose ______ and therefore must rely on extravagant displays to attract insects.
(a) Mates.
(b) Climate.
(c) Weather.
(d) Soil.

4. Appleseed had originally come west from the state of _____ when he was 23 years old.
(a) New York.
(b) Maine.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New Hampshire.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The consensus in Holland was that the tulip ______ was the most beautiful flower in the world and a masterpiece.

3. Appleseed used most of his crops in order to make ______, which led him to be thought of as an 'American Dionysus.'

4. Flowers have been given the ability to attract other species using a variety of senses except ______.

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

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