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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 before flowers there was no connection between the way things looked and ______.
(a) Suvival.
(b) Reproduction.
(c) Their function.
(d) Desire.

2. The book states that before the evolution of flowers, life existed in a much _______ world.
(a) More beautiful.
(b) More complicated.
(c) Faster.
(d) Simpler.

3. In an attempt to look like decaying meat, a ______ plant has red and white striated coloring and a rancid smell.
(a) Fly trap.
(b) Pitcher.
(c) Catcher.
(d) Orchid.

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

5. The book suggests that _____ determined the evolution of the flower by valuing 'broken' strains that were sick.
(a) Bees.
(b) Bacteria.
(c) Mold.
(d) Humans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michael Pollen compares Chapman to the Greek mythological figures _______.

2. _______ is a social ritual of sanctioned craziness and release. It is a way for the community to temporarily indulge its Dionysian urges.

3. Pollan refers to the _____ as the gothic femme fatale in the masculine world of tulips.

4. The opposite condition to the collective flower frenzy in which a person's depression keeps them from enjoying flowers is ______.

5. ______ orchard has become a kind of museum for several different apple species dedicated to maintaining the diversity.

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