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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book suggests that the Ottoman ideal of tulip beauty was elegant, sharp, and ________.
(a) Sensual.
(b) Many-colored.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Masculine.

2. In the book, Johnny Appleseed was called a benign _________ of the American Fronteir.
(a) Saint Augustine.
(b) Saint Phillip.
(c) Saint Francis.
(d) Saint Thomas.

3. Michael Pollen compares Chapman to the Greek mythological figures _______.
(a) Satyrs.
(b) Nymphs.
(c) Centaurs.
(d) Dryads.

4. Pollan asserts that Jews and Christians discouraged devotion to flowers because it was a threat to _______.
(a) Tropism.
(b) Deism.
(c) Monotheism.
(d) Polytheism.

5. The book states that all of the following are capable of prodigies or of shifting themselves in form except _______.
(a) Lotus.
(b) Tulip.
(c) Rose.
(d) Orchid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part of the Americanization of the apple had to do with the character of Johnny Appleseed whose real name was ______.

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

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

4. Chapman was credited for introducing 'Johnny weed' or ________, to the state of Ohio.

5. The book states that the potato plant was stolen from the royal gardens of ______.

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