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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _______ or 'white lightning' preceded hard cider as the alcohol containing drink of choice on the frontier.
(a) Rum.
(b) Corn liquor.
(c) Potato liquor.
(d) Potato vodka.

2. Johnny Appleseed was known for introducing the apple to the following states except _____.
(a) Illinois.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Michigan.

3. Almost all apples grown for eating are cultivars, meaning that they are ______.
(a) Cuttings.
(b) Special seeds.
(c) Planted into the soil.
(d) Hydroponically grown.

4. _______ is a social ritual of sanctioned craziness and release. It is a way for the community to temporarily indulge its Dionysian urges.
(a) A feast.
(b) A carnival.
(c) A mass.
(d) A birthday.

5. Probably as a defense to discourage animals from biting into them, apple seeds contain a small amount of _______.
(a) Vinegar.
(b) Cyanide.
(c) Strichnine.
(d) Curare.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Petals curving inward to hide its sexual organs, the tulip is ______ among flowers, and somewhat aloof.

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

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

5. The book suggests that the Ottoman ideal of tulip beauty was elegant, sharp, and ________.

(see the answer key)

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