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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book states that almost all cultures around the world love flowers with the notable exception of _______.
(a) Asia.
(b) Africa.
(c) Canada.
(d) Australia.

2. In the book, Johnny Appleseed was called a benign _________ of the American Fronteir.
(a) Saint Thomas.
(b) Saint Phillip.
(c) Saint Francis.
(d) Saint Augustine.

3. The book suggests that the decisions that a culture makes in which plants drugs to promote or prohibit help to ______.
(a) Marginalize people.
(b) Promote instability.
(c) Reinforce cohesion.
(d) Make people feel bad.

4. Chapman practiced the faith of ______ and was known to launch into sermons when visiting.
(a) Swedenborgism.
(b) Protestantism.
(c) Pessimism.
(d) Catholocism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Certain drugs, Pollan states, will cause objects around us to change until they appear as the _________ versions of themselves.

2. The fact that apple seeds do not produce a similar apple as the tree they came from is scientifically called ______.

3. The book suggests that colors and symmetries are elemental principles of ______.

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

5. Clusius brought tulips with him to Leiden garden where they eventually ______ due to their rareness.

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