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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The process of trying to impersonate other plants or animals in order to attract or repel is called ______.
(a) Mimicry.
(b) Tropism.
(c) Chemical signaling.
(d) Flattery.

2. Probably as a defense to discourage animals from biting into them, apple seeds contain a small amount of _______.
(a) Cyanide.
(b) Strichnine.
(c) Curare.
(d) Vinegar.

3. The process through which humans and plants have shaped each other over the years is known as _______.
(a) Co-dependence.
(b) Co-evolution.
(c) Co-emergence.
(d) Co-occurence.

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

5. ______ orchard has become a kind of museum for several different apple species dedicated to maintaining the diversity.
(a) Indiana.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Mansfied.
(d) Geneva.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book states that before flowers there was no connection between the way things looked and ______.

2. Chapman was known to go _______ in all kinds of weather and took it as a matter of pride in his toughness.

3. ______ is the unit of money used in Holland. After 1635, the price of a bulb of Switzers went from 60 to 1500.

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

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

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