The Botany of Desire Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Michael Pollan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Botany of Desire Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Michael Pollan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Apples were the only avenue early settlers had for obtaining ______, which the Native Americans obtained from Maples.
(a) Leaves.
(b) Vitamin D.
(c) Water.
(d) Sugar.

2. The consensus in Holland was that the tulip ______ was the most beautiful flower in the world and a masterpiece.
(a) Queen of Darkness.
(b) Black Dahlia.
(c) Queen of Night.
(d) Semper Augustus.

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

4. Johnny Appleseed is generally acknowledged as having planted _______ of apple seeds across a wide range of orchards.
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Tens of thousands.

5. Tukano Indians in the Amazon noticed Jaguars eating a vine, which was atypical for them and helped the Indians discover ______.
(a) Mistletoe.
(b) Cannabis.
(c) Datura.
(d) Yaje.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johnny Appleseed was opposed to using _____ in order to grow trees and preferred planting seeds.

2. According to the book, the tulip is said to have the consciousness of _______, evoking clarity and order.

3. Pigeons are associated with the discovery of ______ because of their spacing out behavior after eating the seeds.

4. The book states that before flowers there was no connection between the way things looked and ______.

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

(see the answer key)

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