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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. Chapman practiced the faith of ______ and was known to launch into sermons when visiting.
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Pessimism.
(c) Catholocism.
(d) Swedenborgism.

7. _______ is the name of the black version of the tulip and is as close to black as a flower gets.
(a) Queen of Despair.
(b) Queen of Darkness.
(c) Queen of Night.
(d) Black Dhalia.

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

9. The book states that before flowers there was no connection between the way things looked and ______.
(a) Their function.
(b) Suvival.
(c) Desire.
(d) Reproduction.

10. 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.

11. _______ 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 birthday.
(c) A carnival.
(d) A feast.

12. Johnny Appleseed was known for introducing the apple to the following states except _____.
(a) Illinois.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Michigan.

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

14. When a buyer of tulips finished the sale, they were required to pay "wijnkoopsgeld" or ______ money.
(a) Beer.
(b) Bulb.
(c) Breeding.
(d) Wine.

15. Chapman planted 'Johnny weed' because he thought that it would prevent the contraction of ______.
(a) Malaria.
(b) Hayfever.
(c) Polio.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book states that before the evolution of flowers, life existed in a much _______ world.

2. The consensus in Holland was that the tulip ______ was the most beautiful flower in the world and a masterpiece.

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

4. The opposite condition to the collective flower frenzy in which a person's depression keeps them from enjoying flowers is ______.

5. The tulip is considered by the author to be the most ______ of flowers, referring especially to the way the flower forces itself out of the ground.

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