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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the book, some counter strategies to these toxins include all of the following except ______.
(a) Drying plants in the sun.
(b) Heightened memory.
(c) Feeding strategies that minimize ingestion.
(d) Digestive processes that detoxify.

2. Red and Golden are two forms of North American cultivars of this particular type of apple ______.
(a) Amazing.
(b) Delicious.
(c) Juicy.
(d) Tasty.

3. The French romantics were said to have experimented with ________ after Napoleon's troops brought it back with them from Egypt.
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Speed.
(d) Opium.

4. The reasons why potatoes did not become popular in Europe at first was because they were thought to cause _________ and immorality.
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Measles.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Leprosy.

5. ______ is the unit of money used in Holland. After 1635, the price of a bulb of Switzers went from 60 to 1500.
(a) Dollars.
(b) Guilders.
(c) Marks.
(d) Euros.

Short Answer Questions

1. The new potato called "NewLeaf" has been genetically engineered in order to produce its own ______________.

2. Certain drugs, Pollan states, will cause objects around us to change until they appear as the _________ versions of themselves.

3. According to the book, drugs that alter the user's perception of time and space are taboo because they disrupt the _______.

4. Chapman is known to have floated one hundred miles down the Allegheny river on _______, fast asleep.

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

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