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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______ orchard has become a kind of museum for several different apple species dedicated to maintaining the diversity.
(a) Indiana.
(b) Mansfied.
(c) Geneva.
(d) Ohio.

2. Appleseed used most of his crops in order to make ______, which led him to be thought of as an 'American Dionysus.'
(a) Apple crisp.
(b) Apple vodka.
(c) Fermented cider.
(d) Apple pie.

3. ______ is the most widely cultivated fruit and has been put into religious stories including that of Adam and Eve.
(a) Peach.
(b) Apple.
(c) Potato.
(d) Banana.

4. The domestic apple is thought to have derived from a species that originally came from the country ______.
(a) Pakistan.
(b) Afghanistan.
(c) Kazakhstan.
(d) Uzbekistan.

5. Chapman planted 'Johnny weed' because he thought that it would prevent the contraction of ______.
(a) Polio.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Hayfever.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ was an American Pioneer and introduced the apple in the Midwestern United States.

2. The apple is presented in this book as strongly appealing to humanity's desire for _______.

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

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

5. Michael Pollen compares Chapman to the Greek mythological figures _______.

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