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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Petals curving inward to hide its sexual organs, the tulip is ______ among flowers, and somewhat aloof.
(a) An introvert.
(b) An extrovert.
(c) A show-off.
(d) Extravagant.

2. In 1812, Chapman ran thirty miles to warn settlers of the approach of troops, a feat known as _______.
(a) The coffee sack run.
(b) The apple run.
(c) The thirty mile run.
(d) The barefoot run.

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

4. Pollan asserts that due to the use of apple grafts from one generation to the next, the apple population has been made____.
(a) More wholesome.
(b) More nutritious.
(c) Strong.
(d) Weak.

5. The early colonists to America in addition to bringing grafts also brought apple seeds to plant called ______.
(a) Cores.
(b) Merrys.
(c) Pippins.
(d) Spots.

Short Answer Questions

1. The tulip that Pollan has on his desk, a Queen of Night, has no ______, which he indicates is because it is meant to be visual.

2. The apple does not breed simply from seed. Thus all trees that produce the same type of apples are _______ of the original tree.

3. ______ is a sign of health in creatures since mutations and disease can easily disrupt it.

4. Pollan asserts that Jews and Christians discouraged devotion to flowers because it was a threat to _______.

5. Appleseed used most of his crops in order to make ______, which led him to be thought of as an 'American Dionysus.'

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