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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

3. The fact that apple seeds do not produce a similar apple as the tree they came from is scientifically called ______.
(a) Heterozygosity.
(b) Homozygosity.
(c) Protozygosity.
(d) Lumozygosity.

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 mass.
(c) A birthday.
(d) A carnival.

5. The book compares tulips in fields to ______ or lipsticks, merely flashes of bright color on the horizon.
(a) Eyeliner.
(b) Popsickles.
(c) Lollipops.
(d) Paintbrushes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan asserts that even though daffodils came early in the season, _______ is not a true color for a child.

2. The book states that the devotion to flowers had remnants of _____ nature worship that threatened Judeo-Christian faiths.

3. The book states that before flowers there was no connection between the way things looked and ______.

4. In Holland, between 1634 and 1637, there was a collective frenzy around flowers known as ________.

5. The book states that certain flowers are reminiscent of Greek Gods. The rose and the peony are stated to be flowers of ______.

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