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

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

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

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

5. The opposite condition to the collective flower frenzy in which a person's depression keeps them from enjoying flowers is ______.
(a) Flora-ennui.
(b) Fauna-ennui.
(c) Flower-boredom.
(d) Sensual-boredom.

6. The book states that Johnny Appleseed died in 1845 in _______ Indiana.
(a) Gary.
(b) Defiance.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Ft. Wayne.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. ______ orchard has become a kind of museum for several different apple species dedicated to maintaining the diversity.
(a) Geneva.
(b) Mansfied.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Petals curving inward to hide its sexual organs, the tulip is ______ among flowers, and somewhat aloof.

2. The book states that the devotion to flowers had remnants of _____ nature worship that threatened Judeo-Christian faiths.

3. The Greeks believed that true beauty was the offspring of form and ecstasy personified in ______ and Apollo.

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

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