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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Potatoes today are descended from the center of _________ in the Andean altiplano, where wild ancestors grew them.
(a) Nowhere.
(b) Diversity.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Plain land.

2. ______ is the name given to the state-of-the-art growing regimen that could yield three pounds of sinsemilla in two months' time.
(a) Pool of Green.
(b) Lake of Green.
(c) Ocean of Green.
(d) Sea of Green.

3. Nature, Pollan admits, seems to be filled with ___________, making the growth process nearly impossible to control.
(a) Variables.
(b) Rules.
(c) Pests.
(d) Seasons.

4. A growing technique which requires few tools and and a minimal amount of labor is called a ___________.
(a) True bed.
(b) Sleepy bed.
(c) Easy bed.
(d) Lazy bed.

5. __________ was what some people in England used to call the potato, which continued its separation from their diet.
(a) Bread pudding.
(b) Bread root.
(c) Root meal.
(d) Dirt root.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapman stated that he was promised "a true wife in heaven" and thus he never ______.

2. Johnny Appleseed was famous or infamous for wearing a _______ around wherever he went.

3. Clusius brought tulips with him to Leiden garden where they eventually ______ due to their rareness.

4. The Greeks believed that true beauty was the offspring of form and ecstasy personified in ______ and Apollo.

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

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