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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book states that beauty in nature is often linked with ______ as evidenced by a bird's plumage.
(a) Territory.
(b) Sex.
(c) Food.
(d) Aggression.

2. Instead of wind and water moving genetic material around, the emerging plants were now enlisting the help of ______.
(a) Animals.
(b) Bacteria.
(c) Viruses.
(d) Mold.

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

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

5. ______, which contains a much higher amount of alcohol than hard cider, could be obtained through freezing.
(a) Vodka.
(b) Applejack.
(c) Rum.
(d) Brandy.

6. The tulip that Pollan has on his desk, a Queen of Night, has no ______, which he indicates is because it is meant to be visual.
(a) Scent.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Soil.
(d) Taste.

7. According to the book, there are ______ plants that have shaped human existence at least as much as human's have affected these plants.
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

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

9. Johnny Appleseed raised ______ for sale and subsequent transplantation.
(a) Apple clones.
(b) Apple trees.
(c) Apple seeds.
(d) Apple cuttings.

10. ______ 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.

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

12. The book states that the potato plant was stolen from the royal gardens of ______.
(a) Louis XVI.
(b) Louis IV.
(c) Louis X.
(d) Louis V.

13. Michael Pollen compares Chapman to the Greek mythological figures _______.
(a) Centaurs.
(b) Nymphs.
(c) Dryads.
(d) Satyrs.

14. 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 vodka.
(c) Fermented cider.
(d) Apple crisp.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan asserts that Jews and Christians discouraged devotion to flowers because it was a threat to _______.

2. The book suggests that the Ottoman ideal of tulip beauty was elegant, sharp, and ________.

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

4. The early colonists to America in addition to bringing grafts also brought apple seeds to plant called ______.

5. The concept of the apple being a healthy and wholesome fruit was dreamed up to fight the negative image from ______.

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