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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _______ is the tulip grower's term for the phenomenon that causes certain flowers in a field to revert to the form and color of their parent.
(a) Thievery.
(b) Metamorphosis.
(c) Telekinesis.
(d) Tropism.

2. _______ is the name of the black version of the tulip and is as close to black as a flower gets.
(a) Queen of Night.
(b) Black Dhalia.
(c) Queen of Darkness.
(d) Queen of Despair.

3. The process through which humans and plants have shaped each other over the years is known as _______.
(a) Co-emergence.
(b) Co-occurence.
(c) Co-evolution.
(d) Co-dependence.

4. Chapman was credited for introducing 'Johnny weed' or ________, to the state of Ohio.
(a) Stinking fennel.
(b) Wormwood.
(c) Sweet fennel.
(d) Mayweed.

5. The number of leaves that are only a tulip are typically _______. With the "turban" top, this gives them the suggesting of a human body.
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The tulip is considered by the author to be the most ______ of flowers, referring especially to the way the flower forces itself out of the ground.

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

5. _______ is a social ritual of sanctioned craziness and release. It is a way for the community to temporarily indulge its Dionysian urges.

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