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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Greeks believed that true beauty was the offspring of form and ecstasy personified in ______ and Apollo.
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Venus.
(d) Pan.

2. The apple is presented in this book as strongly appealing to humanity's desire for _______.
(a) Sweetness.
(b) Tartness.
(c) Love.
(d) The perfect fruit.

3. Instead of wind and water moving genetic material around, the emerging plants were now enlisting the help of ______.
(a) Bacteria.
(b) Mold.
(c) Viruses.
(d) Animals.

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

5. The "broken tulip" was eventually found to be caused by ______ which was discovered with the invention of the electron microscope.
(a) A mold.
(b) A virus.
(c) A bacterium.
(d) A frost.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book states that all of the following are capable of prodigies or of shifting themselves in form except _______.

2. In an attempt to look like decaying meat, a ______ plant has red and white striated coloring and a rancid smell.

3. The tulip is considered by the author to be the most ______ of flowers, referring especially to the way the flower forces itself out of the ground.

4. Johnny Appleseed raised ______ for sale and subsequent transplantation.

5. The apple was first introduced to North America with the initial waves of the ______ immigration.

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