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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ________ was an American Pioneer and introduced the apple in the Midwestern United States.
(a) John Calhoun.
(b) William Jones.
(c) John Chapman.
(d) Phil Forsline.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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.

3. The apple is presented in this book as strongly appealing to humanity's desire for _______.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the origin of the domesticated apple, although this is certainly a point which is up for contention?

2. Who are some of the groups which roamed the Ohio lands long before Johnny Appleseed was there?

3. What is connection between the plants in the book and their impact on the human society and vice-versa?

4. What happens as a result of the different environments in which a flower might be able to grow?

5. What does Pollan find to be mythical about the story of Johnny Appleseed, although it is a true story?

6. What are the four important classes of domesticated plants which influenced the way in which Pollan chose the plants for the book?

7. What happens as a result of having perfect symmetry in a flower, according to Pollan's writing in the book?

8. What is the aim of Pollan's book in terms of how it talks about the relationship between Man and Nature?

9. What are some of the ways in which flowers have been created to attract the attention of humans, according to Pollan?

10. Why does Johnny Appleseed not stay in Brilliant when the people ask him to do so?

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