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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. Chapman stated that he was promised "a true wife in heaven" and thus he never ______.
(a) Spoke to women.
(b) Married.
(c) Had relationships.
(d) Lived at home.

2. In the book, Johnny Appleseed was called a benign _________ of the American Fronteir.
(a) Saint Phillip.
(b) Saint Thomas.
(c) Saint Augustine.
(d) Saint Francis.

3. 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.
(a) Androgynous.
(b) Pathetic.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Feminine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Almost all apples grown for eating are cultivars, meaning that they are ______.

2. The plants that have contributed to the shaping of human existence include all of the following except _______.

3. According to the book, there are ______ plants that have shaped human existence at least as much as human's have affected these plants.

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

5. The fact that apple seeds do not produce a similar apple as the tree they came from is scientifically called ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pollan describe the particular patch of garden versus the plants one finds in nature?

2. What happens when a person plants the seed of an apple tree into the ground? Will the resulting tree produce the same apples?

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

4. What is the main reason why the apple is presented in a book about the idea of desire? How does the apple relate to desire?

5. Why might it be possible to say that the plants are more evolved than humans are at this point in time?

6. What does Pollan have to say about his tendency to speculate and about the connection between flowers and speculation?

7. What does Pollan say about colors that are seen by children, as opposed to colors seen by adults?

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

9. Who is John Chapman and what is his importance in the course of the history of the apply?

10. What is the question which arises in Pollan's mind when he thinks about planting and growing the potatoes?

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