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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ________, Pollan believes, is brutally reductive, simplifying nature's incomprehensible complexity to something humanly manageable.
(a) Sociology.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Science.
(d) Agriculture.

2. According to the book, drugs that alter the user's perception of time and space are taboo because they disrupt the _______.
(a) Social order.
(b) Religious order.
(c) Verbal order.
(d) Political order.

3. In 1812, Chapman ran thirty miles to warn settlers of the approach of troops, a feat known as _______.
(a) The coffee sack run.
(b) The thirty mile run.
(c) The apple run.
(d) The barefoot run.

4. The book states that the devotion to flowers had remnants of _____ nature worship that threatened Judeo-Christian faiths.
(a) Islamic.
(b) Lutheran.
(c) Swedenborgian.
(d) Pagan.

5. Psychoactive drugs serve as bridges between the worlds of matter and spirit, or in modern language _______and consciousness.
(a) Geometry.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Geology.
(d) Chemistry.

Short Answer Questions

1. The scourge of potatoes has always been the _________ potato beetle, which can pick a plant clean of its leaves.

2. The book states that before the evolution of flowers, life existed in a much _______ world.

3. The book states that almost all cultures around the world love flowers with the notable exception of _______.

4. The book states that the potato plant was stolen from the royal gardens of ______.

5. Farmers who plant Bt crops must leave a certain portion of their land for non-Bt crops to provide a ________ for the bugs.

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