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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ________, Pollan says, is the theme which unifies the questions being raised in agricultural biotechnology.
(a) Effectiveness.
(b) Appeal.
(c) Truth.
(d) Uncertainty.

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

3. A _______ is one that is used for getting cuttings. Like the apples, the result of the impact of this may be detrimental to the species.
(a) Mother plant.
(b) Father plant.
(c) Sister plant.
(d) Brother plant.

4. The flower that is presented as being the symbol of the human desire for beauty is the ______.
(a) Carnation.
(b) Rose.
(c) Tulip.
(d) Lily.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. According to the book, there are ______ plants that have shaped human existence at least as much as human's have affected these plants.

3. The "broken tulip" was eventually found to be caused by ______ which was discovered with the invention of the electron microscope.

4. Who took to wearing potato flowers in her hair in order to encourage the peasants to grow this plant for themselves?

5. Potatoes today are descended from the center of _________ in the Andean altiplano, where wild ancestors grew them.

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