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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The plants that have contributed to the shaping of human existence include all of the following except _______.
(a) Rose.
(b) Potato.
(c) Apple.
(d) Marijuana.

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

3. Chapman was credited for introducing 'Johnny weed' or ________, to the state of Ohio.
(a) Sweet fennel.
(b) Stinking fennel.
(c) Mayweed.
(d) Wormwood.

4. Clusius brought tulips with him to Leiden garden where they eventually ______ due to their rareness.
(a) Were stolen.
(b) Were given as gifts.
(c) Were sold.
(d) Died.

5. Almost all apples grown for eating are cultivars, meaning that they are ______.
(a) Cuttings.
(b) Special seeds.
(c) Hydroponically grown.
(d) Planted into the soil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Apple trees are able to reproduce _______ which helps to facilitate their ability to be grafted to a root stock.

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

3. One winter, Appleseed set up a house in a _______ outside Defiance, Ohio where he operated a pair of nurseries.

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

5. Appleseed had originally come west from the state of _____ when he was 23 years old.

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