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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. Pollan refers to the _____ as the gothic femme fatale in the masculine world of tulips.
(a) Queen of Night.
(b) Semper Augustus.
(c) Switsers.
(d) Black Dhalia.

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. The book states that before the evolution of flowers, life existed in a much _______ world.
(a) More beautiful.
(b) Faster.
(c) Simpler.
(d) More complicated.

4. 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.

5. The fact that apple seeds do not produce a similar apple as the tree they came from is scientifically called ______.
(a) Homozygosity.
(b) Protozygosity.
(c) Lumozygosity.
(d) Heterozygosity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fortius, a professor, could be seen patrolling the streets of the city, ______ any tulip that he encountered.

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

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

4. When a buyer of tulips finished the sale, they were required to pay "wijnkoopsgeld" or ______ money.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the possible coincidence that Pollan points out between the flowers and their ability to arouse desire in bees?

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 having perfect symmetry in a flower, according to Pollan's writing in the book?

5. How did the tulip bulb end up coming into Holland, even though it was not a native plant in the area?

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

7. What is the classic example of coevolution that Pollan presents at the start of the book?

8. Why does Chapman not want to have anything to do with the grafting of apple trees in order to breed certain strains?

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

10. Pollan points out there may or may not be a correlation between the beautiful and the good. What does he think there is probably a correlation between?

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