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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The apple is presented in this book as strongly appealing to humanity's desire for _______.
(a) Tartness.
(b) The perfect fruit.
(c) Sweetness.
(d) Love.

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

3. The book states that certain flowers are reminiscent of Greek Gods. The rose and the peony are stated to be flowers of ______.
(a) Zeus.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) Venus.
(d) Apollo.

4. Before flowers, sexual reproduction consisted of _____ being dispersed by the wind to be caught by other plants.
(a) Pollen.
(b) Stamens.
(c) Pistils.
(d) Petals.

5. The book states that beauty in nature is often linked with ______ as evidenced by a bird's plumage.
(a) Food.
(b) Sex.
(c) Territory.
(d) Aggression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johnny Appleseed was opposed to using _____ in order to grow trees and preferred planting seeds.

2. The book suggests that _____ determined the evolution of the flower by valuing 'broken' strains that were sick.

3. The book states that Johnny Appleseed died in 1845 in _______ Indiana.

4. The number of leaves that are only a tulip are typically _______. With the "turban" top, this gives them the suggesting of a human body.

5. _______ is the name of the black version of the tulip and is as close to black as a flower gets.

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