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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The _____ was linked to the corruption of the Catholic church, while the apple was linked with wholesome Protestantism.
(a) Banana.
(b) Peach.
(c) Grape.
(d) Fig.

2. In Holland, between 1634 and 1637, there was a collective frenzy around flowers known as ________.
(a) Carnationmania.
(b) Tulipmania.
(c) Rosemania.
(d) Lilymania.

3. Appleseed was able to compete with other apple cultivar sales because his trees were ______.
(a) High quality.
(b) Easily accessible.
(c) Low quality.
(d) Cheap.

4. The French romantics were said to have experimented with ________ after Napoleon's troops brought it back with them from Egypt.
(a) Speed.
(b) Opium.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Marijuana.

5. When Pollan opened up the package to grow the NewLeaf potatoes, the card stated that he was now ________ to grow the potatoes.
(a) Legalized.
(b) Authorized.
(c) Able.
(d) Licensed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Petals curving inward to hide its sexual organs, the tulip is ______ among flowers, and somewhat aloof.

2. Into what kind of plant have plant breeders inserted a gene from a firefly, making the plants glow, although for no apparent reason, according to Pollan?

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

4. Johnny Appleseed was famous or infamous for wearing a _______ around wherever he went.

5. Goats are associated with the discovery of _____, when it was observed they became frisky after eating the red berries.

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