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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The process through which humans and plants have shaped each other over the years is known as _______.
(a) Co-occurence.
(b) Co-emergence.
(c) Co-dependence.
(d) Co-evolution.

2. Johnny Appleseed is generally acknowledged as having planted _______ of apple seeds across a wide range of orchards.
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Tens of thousands.
(d) Thousands.

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

4. The apple was first introduced to North America with the initial waves of the ______ immigration.
(a) European.
(b) Middle Eastern.
(c) Mexican.
(d) Canadian.

5. The color of a tulip is always composed of _____ hues one of which is a base color that is always yellow or white.
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

6. The consensus in Holland was that the tulip ______ was the most beautiful flower in the world and a masterpiece.
(a) Black Dahlia.
(b) Queen of Darkness.
(c) Semper Augustus.
(d) Queen of Night.

7. ______, which contains a much higher amount of alcohol than hard cider, could be obtained through freezing.
(a) Applejack.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Rum.
(d) Vodka.

8. The book states that the potato plant was stolen from the royal gardens of ______.
(a) Louis XVI.
(b) Louis IV.
(c) Louis V.
(d) Louis X.

9. The Native Americans that knew Chapman considered him to be a brilliant woodsman and ______.
(a) Hunter.
(b) Guide.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Medicine man.

10. Teaching men how to ferment the juice of the grape, ______ had brought civilization the gift of wine.
(a) Venus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Apollo.

11. The book suggests that Herbert's view of tulipmania is a parable of utopianism, specifically _______.
(a) Aparteid.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Communism.

12. The Greeks believed that true beauty was the offspring of form and ecstasy personified in ______ and Apollo.
(a) Pan.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Venus.

13. According to the book, the word _____ is a corruption of the Turkish word for Turban.
(a) Peony.
(b) Tulip.
(c) Rose.
(d) Orchid.

14. According to the book, there are ______ plants that have shaped human existence at least as much as human's have affected these plants.
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

15. Apple trees are able to reproduce _______ which helps to facilitate their ability to be grafted to a root stock.
(a) Asexually.
(b) Sexually.
(c) Daily.
(d) Periodically.

Short Answer Questions

1. The apple does not breed simply from seed. Thus all trees that produce the same type of apples are _______ of the original tree.

2. The book suggests that colors and symmetries are elemental principles of ______.

3. Flowers have been given the ability to attract other species using a variety of senses except ______.

4. During the lifetime of Johnny Appleseed, Ohio law required a settler to put out ___ apple or pear trees in order to get a land grant.

5. In Holland, between 1634 and 1637, there was a collective frenzy around flowers known as ________.

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