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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Psychoactive drugs serve as bridges between the worlds of matter and spirit, or in modern language _______and consciousness.
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Geology.

2. The new potato called "NewLeaf" has been genetically engineered in order to produce its own ______________.
(a) Food.
(b) Insecticide.
(c) Water.
(d) Peel.

3. Chapman was known to go _______ in all kinds of weather and took it as a matter of pride in his toughness.
(a) Without a coat.
(b) Barefoot.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Without his hat.

4. Pollan asserts that due to the use of apple grafts from one generation to the next, the apple population has been made____.
(a) Weak.
(b) Strong.
(c) More wholesome.
(d) More nutritious.

5. Pollan asserts that even though daffodils came early in the season, _______ is not a true color for a child.
(a) Yellow.
(b) Purple.
(c) Red.
(d) Orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, some counter strategies to these toxins include all of the following except ______.

2. _______ became a new capital for marijuana cultivation during the American drug war of the nineties.

3. The early colonists to America in addition to bringing grafts also brought apple seeds to plant called ______.

4. Appleseed used most of his crops in order to make ______, which led him to be thought of as an 'American Dionysus.'

5. What kind of storm took place in December of 1999, causing the gardens of Versailles to be ruined?

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