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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pollan suggests that drugs have both positive and negative qualities. The wine of _______ was both a scourge and a blessing.
(a) Zeus.
(b) Venus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Dionysus.

2. The book states that before flowers there was no connection between the way things looked and ______.
(a) Suvival.
(b) Reproduction.
(c) Their function.
(d) Desire.

3. Fortius, a professor, could be seen patrolling the streets of the city, ______ any tulip that he encountered.
(a) Picking.
(b) Beating.
(c) Digging up.
(d) Praising.

4. The book states that certain flowers are reminiscent of Greek Gods. The rose and the peony are stated to be flowers of ______.
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Venus.
(d) Apollo.

5. One winter, Appleseed set up a house in a _______ outside Defiance, Ohio where he operated a pair of nurseries.
(a) Hollowed-out sycamore stump.
(b) Log cabin.
(c) Swamp.
(d) Airplane hanger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Darwin in his original book about the origin of species was adamant that man does not introduce or produce _____________.

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

3. In the book, Pollan was almost caught by the police for growing a couple of ______ plants on his property.

4. Johnny Appleseed raised ______ for sale and subsequent transplantation.

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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