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. According to the book, cannabis is now America's leading _______ with sinsemilla selling for upwards of $500 an ounce.
(a) Export.
(b) Cash crop.
(c) Economic problem.
(d) Import.

2. The book suggests that gardens used to be planted as a kind of living _____ that cared little for aesthetics.
(a) Display of beauty.
(b) Apothecary.
(c) Art form.
(d) Mandala.

3. In an attempt to look like decaying meat, a ______ plant has red and white striated coloring and a rancid smell.
(a) Fly trap.
(b) Pitcher.
(c) Catcher.
(d) Orchid.

4. The book suggests that _______ calls to human desire to alter the textures and contents of our consciousness.
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Tulips.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Apples.

5. The early colonists to America in addition to bringing grafts also brought apple seeds to plant called ______.
(a) Pippins.
(b) Cores.
(c) Merrys.
(d) Spots.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ is the name of the black version of the tulip and is as close to black as a flower gets.

2. ______ has written two books claiming that consciousness changing is a basic human activity that even children seek out.

3. The book suggests that _____ determined the evolution of the flower by valuing 'broken' strains that were sick.

4. The "broken tulip" was eventually found to be caused by ______ which was discovered with the invention of the electron microscope.

5. The author speculates that in order to transcend the normal day experience, we may need to a single volume of knowledge, which is a natural history of the __________.

(see the answer key)

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