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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Teaching men how to ferment the juice of the grape, ______ had brought civilization the gift of wine.
(a) Apollo.
(b) Venus.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Dionysus.

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

3. One winter, Appleseed set up a house in a _______ outside Defiance, Ohio where he operated a pair of nurseries.
(a) Hollowed-out sycamore stump.
(b) Log cabin.
(c) Swamp.
(d) Airplane hanger.

4. The Native Americans that knew Chapman considered him to be a brilliant woodsman and ______.
(a) Farmer.
(b) Guide.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Medicine man.

5. According to the book, there are ______ plants that have shaped human existence at least as much as human's have affected these plants.
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. The concept of the apple being a healthy and wholesome fruit was dreamed up to fight the negative image from ______.

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

3. Probably as a defense to discourage animals from biting into them, apple seeds contain a small amount of _______.

4. The fact that apple seeds do not produce a similar apple as the tree they came from is scientifically called ______.

5. Johnny Appleseed was known for introducing the apple to the following states except _____.

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