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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _______ is a social ritual of sanctioned craziness and release. It is a way for the community to temporarily indulge its Dionysian urges.
(a) A carnival.
(b) A birthday.
(c) A mass.
(d) A feast.

2. The book suggests that deep down, many gardeners see themselves as ________ transforming compost, water, and light into beauty.
(a) Spiritualists.
(b) Alchemists.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Herbalists.

3. The book states that before flowers there was no connection between the way things looked and ______.
(a) Their function.
(b) Reproduction.
(c) Desire.
(d) Suvival.

4. _______ became a new capital for marijuana cultivation during the American drug war of the nineties.
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, some of the most bitter and "bad" plants are the ones that contain the most powerful _______.

2. Johnny Appleseed was known for introducing the apple to the following states except _____.

3. The book suggests that _______ calls to human desire to alter the textures and contents of our consciousness.

4. The Dutch genius for horticulture leftover from the ________ combined with the influx of new seeds.

5. _______ 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.

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