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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book suggests that the Ottoman ideal of tulip beauty was elegant, sharp, and ________.
(a) Masculine.
(b) Many-colored.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Sensual.

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

3. Before flowers, sexual reproduction consisted of _____ being dispersed by the wind to be caught by other plants.
(a) Pollen.
(b) Stamens.
(c) Petals.
(d) Pistils.

4. The process of trying to impersonate other plants or animals in order to attract or repel is called ______.
(a) Mimicry.
(b) Tropism.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Chemical signaling.

5. The book states that the devotion to flowers had remnants of _____ nature worship that threatened Judeo-Christian faiths.
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Swedenborgian.
(c) Pagan.
(d) Islamic.

6. The plants that form flowers and encased seeds began to emerge on the earth during the _______ period.
(a) Jurassic.
(b) Cretaceous.
(c) Triassic.
(d) Vegetative.

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

8. The book states that all of the following are capable of prodigies or of shifting themselves in form except _______.
(a) Orchid.
(b) Tulip.
(c) Rose.
(d) Lotus.

9. The number of leaves that are only a tulip are typically _______. With the "turban" top, this gives them the suggesting of a human body.
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

10. According to the book, the tulip is said to have the consciousness of _______, evoking clarity and order.
(a) Venus.
(b) Dionysus.
(c) Apollog.
(d) Zeus.

11. Clusius brought tulips with him to Leiden garden where they eventually ______ due to their rareness.
(a) Were stolen.
(b) Were given as gifts.
(c) Were sold.
(d) Died.

12. The concept of the apple being a healthy and wholesome fruit was dreamed up to fight the negative image from ______.
(a) The Women's Christian Union.
(b) The Women's Christian Abstinence Union.
(c) The Women's Christian Temperance Union.
(d) The Women's Christian Plant Union.

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

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

15. Part of the Americanization of the apple had to do with the character of Johnny Appleseed whose real name was ______.
(a) William Jones.
(b) John Chapman.
(c) John Calhoun.
(d) Phil Forsline.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ or 'white lightning' preceded hard cider as the alcohol containing drink of choice on the frontier.

2. Chapman practiced the faith of ______ and was known to launch into sermons when visiting.

3. Chinese poets likened the blossoms of the peony to a ______.

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

5. Johnny Appleseed was known to use a _________ in order to transport his seeds across the water.

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