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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The apple does not breed simply from seed. Thus all trees that produce the same type of apples are _______ of the original tree.
(a) Seeds.
(b) Roots.
(c) Clones.
(d) Leaves.

2. The domestic apple is thought to have derived from a species that originally came from the country ______.
(a) Uzbekistan.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Kazakhstan.
(d) Pakistan.

3. Before flowers, sexual reproduction consisted of _____ being dispersed by the wind to be caught by other plants.
(a) Pollen.
(b) Pistils.
(c) Stamens.
(d) Petals.

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

5. According to the book, the plants that form flowers and then encased seeds are known as ______.
(a) Conifers.
(b) Echinoderms.
(c) Gymnosperms.
(d) Angiosperms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Apples were the only avenue early settlers had for obtaining ______, which the Native Americans obtained from Maples.

2. The number of leaves that are only a tulip are typically _______. With the "turban" top, this gives them the suggesting of a human body.

3. Chinese poets likened the blossoms of the peony to a ______.

4. The concept of the apple being a healthy and wholesome fruit was dreamed up to fight the negative image from ______.

5. The book states that beauty in nature is often linked with ______ as evidenced by a bird's plumage.

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