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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) Appeal.
(b) Truth.
(c) Uncertainty.
(d) Effectiveness.

2. The books suggests that all of the following are successful defenses plants have adopted except _______.
(a) Repel.
(b) Disable.
(c) Death-dealing toxins.
(d) Confound.

3. What is second nature to a gardener, who leans that every advance in his control of the garden is also an invitation for disaster?
(a) Ironies.
(b) Mistakes.
(c) Guesses.
(d) Preparations.

4. Pollan asserts that Jews and Christians discouraged devotion to flowers because it was a threat to _______.
(a) Deism.
(b) Monotheism.
(c) Tropism.
(d) Polytheism.

5. _______ is the tulip grower's term for the phenomenon that causes certain flowers in a field to revert to the form and color of their parent.
(a) Thievery.
(b) Metamorphosis.
(c) Telekinesis.
(d) Tropism.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. In 1812, Chapman ran thirty miles to warn settlers of the approach of troops, a feat known as _______.

3. What is a good place to experiment and a place to try out new plants and techniques without having to risk a lot?

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

5. Johnny Appleseed was opposed to using _____ in order to grow trees and preferred planting seeds.

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