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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 before the evolution of flowers, life existed in a much _______ world.
(a) More complicated.
(b) More beautiful.
(c) Simpler.
(d) Faster.

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

3. A _______ is one that is used for getting cuttings. Like the apples, the result of the impact of this may be detrimental to the species.
(a) Sister plant.
(b) Father plant.
(c) Mother plant.
(d) Brother plant.

4. Pollan refers to the _____ as the gothic femme fatale in the masculine world of tulips.
(a) Switsers.
(b) Semper Augustus.
(c) Queen of Night.
(d) Black Dhalia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The book suggests that gardens used to be planted as a kind of living _____ that cared little for aesthetics.

2. ______ is the most widely cultivated fruit and has been put into religious stories including that of Adam and Eve.

3. The flower that is presented as being the symbol of the human desire for beauty is the ______.

4. Appleseed was able to compete with other apple cultivar sales because his trees were ______.

5. Pollan suggests that on a biochemical level, psychoactive plants affect the brain much the way that the following activities except ______ affect it.

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