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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Part of the Americanization of the apple had to do with the character of Johnny Appleseed whose real name was ______.
(a) Phil Forsline.
(b) William Jones.
(c) John Chapman.
(d) John Calhoun.

2. Chapman planted 'Johnny weed' because he thought that it would prevent the contraction of ______.
(a) Polio.
(b) Hayfever.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Tuberculosis.

3. The book suggests that Herbert's view of tulipmania is a parable of utopianism, specifically _______.
(a) Socialism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Aparteid.
(d) Capitalism.

4. Teaching men how to ferment the juice of the grape, ______ had brought civilization the gift of wine.
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Venus.

5. Flowers are unable to choose ______ and therefore must rely on extravagant displays to attract insects.
(a) Soil.
(b) Climate.
(c) Mates.
(d) Weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Almost all apples grown for eating are cultivars, meaning that they are ______.

2. 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.

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

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

5. Petals curving inward to hide its sexual organs, the tulip is ______ among flowers, and somewhat aloof.

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