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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The French romantics were said to have experimented with ________ after Napoleon's troops brought it back with them from Egypt.
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Opium.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Speed.

2. The apple was first introduced to North America with the initial waves of the ______ immigration.
(a) Middle Eastern.
(b) Mexican.
(c) Canadian.
(d) European.

3. Clusius brought tulips with him to Leiden garden where they eventually ______ due to their rareness.
(a) Were given as gifts.
(b) Were sold.
(c) Were stolen.
(d) Died.

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

5. Flowers have been given the ability to attract other species using a variety of senses except ______.
(a) Visual.
(b) Olfactory.
(c) Auditory.
(d) Tactile.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the book, Pollan was almost caught by the police for growing a couple of ______ plants on his property.

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

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

4. Chinese poets likened the blossoms of the peony to a ______.

5. Andrew Weil has referred to marijuana as an _____________ when taking account of the phenomenon.

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