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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 mass.
(c) A birthday.
(d) A feast.

2. In order to reduce time and energy spent on growing male sinsemilla plants which are useless, growers started ______.
(a) Using clones.
(b) Changing the light patterns.
(c) Killing male plants.
(d) Using different seeds.

3. According to the book, the word _____ is a corruption of the Turkish word for Turban.
(a) Peony.
(b) Tulip.
(c) Rose.
(d) Orchid.

4. The apple does not breed simply from seed. Thus all trees that produce the same type of apples are _______ of the original tree.
(a) Seeds.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Roots.
(d) Clones.

5. The book states that certain flowers are reminiscent of Greek Gods. The rose and the peony are stated to be flowers of ______.
(a) Venus.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. The plants that form flowers and encased seeds began to emerge on the earth during the _______ period.

2. The Greeks believed that true beauty was the offspring of form and ecstasy personified in ______ and Apollo.

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

4. The domestic apple is thought to have derived from a species that originally came from the country ______.

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

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