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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the book, species tulips in Turkey typically come in ______ and less commonly in white or yellow.
(a) Orange.
(b) Red.
(c) Purple.
(d) Blue.

2. Johnny Appleseed was known to use a _________ in order to transport his seeds across the water.
(a) Two-hulled canoe.
(b) Row boat.
(c) Mule.
(d) Single-hulled canoe.

3. The book suggests that colors and symmetries are elemental principles of ______.
(a) Sexual reproduction.
(b) Health.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Size.

4. 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.

5. _______ is a social ritual of sanctioned craziness and release. It is a way for the community to temporarily indulge its Dionysian urges.
(a) A mass.
(b) A feast.
(c) A carnival.
(d) A birthday.

6. Johnny Appleseed was famous or infamous for wearing a _______ around wherever he went.
(a) Wool coat.
(b) Coffee sack.
(c) Fedora.
(d) Pair of overalls.

7. The plants that have contributed to the shaping of human existence include all of the following except _______.
(a) Potato.
(b) Apple.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Rose.

8. 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) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

9. _______ or 'white lightning' preceded hard cider as the alcohol containing drink of choice on the frontier.
(a) Corn liquor.
(b) Potato vodka.
(c) Rum.
(d) Potato liquor.

10. Chinese poets likened the blossoms of the peony to a ______.
(a) Bee's sexual organs.
(b) Elephant's sexual organs.
(c) Man's sexual organs.
(d) Woman's sexual organs.

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

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

13. Appleseed used most of his crops in order to make ______, which led him to be thought of as an 'American Dionysus.'
(a) Apple pie.
(b) Apple crisp.
(c) Fermented cider.
(d) Apple vodka.

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

15. Chapman is known to have floated one hundred miles down the Allegheny river on _______, fast asleep.
(a) A block of ice.
(b) A log.
(c) A raft.
(d) A canoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. The domestic apple is thought to have derived from a species that originally came from the country ______.

2. Pollan asserts that due to the use of apple grafts from one generation to the next, the apple population has been made____.

3. Appleseed had originally come west from the state of _____ when he was 23 years old.

4. The book suggests that Herbert's view of tulipmania is a parable of utopianism, specifically _______.

5. The flower that is presented as being the symbol of the human desire for beauty is the ______.

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