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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. The flower that is presented as being the symbol of the human desire for beauty is the ______.
(a) Rose.
(b) Tulip.
(c) Lily.
(d) Carnation.

2. _______ is the tulip grower's term for the phenomenon that causes certain flowers in a field to revert to the form and color of their parent.
(a) Tropism.
(b) Thievery.
(c) Telekinesis.
(d) Metamorphosis.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Flowers have been given the ability to attract other species using a variety of senses except ______.

2. The book suggests that colors and symmetries are elemental principles of ______.

3. The book states that the potato plant was stolen from the royal gardens of ______.

4. _______ is a social ritual of sanctioned craziness and release. It is a way for the community to temporarily indulge its Dionysian urges.

5. The book states that before flowers there was no connection between the way things looked and ______.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the presence of flowers tend to tell a person about the area in which they are walking or traveling?

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

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

5. What did the Ottoman Turks discover about the wild tulips they found during one of their trips?

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

7. Why did Jews and Christians have troubles admitting to the beauty of flowers within their celebrations?

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

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

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

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