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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Mistakes.
(b) Guesses.
(c) Ironies.
(d) Preparations.

2. The arts of _______ are how plants have explored their ingenuity applied to learning and adapting.
(a) Biochemistry.
(b) Tropism.
(c) Physical defenses.
(d) Locomotion.

3. Johnny Appleseed was famous or infamous for wearing a _______ around wherever he went.
(a) Pair of overalls.
(b) Fedora.
(c) Wool coat.
(d) Coffee sack.

4. _______ 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) Metamorphosis.
(b) Tropism.
(c) Telekinesis.
(d) Thievery.

5. What kind of storm took place in December of 1999, causing the gardens of Versailles to be ruined?
(a) Windstorm.
(b) Tornado.
(c) Flood.
(d) Snow storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Holland, between 1634 and 1637, there was a collective frenzy around flowers known as ________.

2. Dave Hjelle from Monstanto tells Pollan something that makes him a little concerned. He says, "______________."

3. Antheleme Brillat-Savarin noted, "Tell me what you _______ and I will tell you what you are."

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

5. The plants that form flowers and encased seeds began to emerge on the earth during the _______ period.

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