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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The apple does not breed simply from seed. Thus all trees that produce the same type of apples are _______ of the original tree.
(a) Clones.
(b) Roots.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Seeds.

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

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

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

6. ______ is the unit of money used in Holland. After 1635, the price of a bulb of Switzers went from 60 to 1500.
(a) Euros.
(b) Dollars.
(c) Marks.
(d) Guilders.

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

8. 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.

9. The apple is presented in this book as strongly appealing to humanity's desire for _______.
(a) Sweetness.
(b) Love.
(c) The perfect fruit.
(d) Tartness.

10. 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) Swamp.
(c) Log cabin.
(d) Airplane hanger.

11. The domestic apple is thought to have derived from a species that originally came from the country ______.
(a) Uzbekistan.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Kazakhstan.

12. ______ is a sign of health in creatures since mutations and disease can easily disrupt it.
(a) Size.
(b) Asymmetry.
(c) Color.
(d) Symmetry.

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

14. Apples were the only avenue early settlers had for obtaining ______, which the Native Americans obtained from Maples.
(a) Water.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Vitamin D.
(d) Leaves.

15. Probably as a defense to discourage animals from biting into them, apple seeds contain a small amount of _______.
(a) Vinegar.
(b) Curare.
(c) Cyanide.
(d) Strichnine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The "broken tulip" was eventually found to be caused by ______ which was discovered with the invention of the electron microscope.

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

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

5. The book compares tulips in fields to ______ or lipsticks, merely flashes of bright color on the horizon.

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