View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapman was known to go _______ in all kinds of weather and took it as a matter of pride in his toughness.
(a) Hunting.
(b) Barefoot.
(c) Without a coat.
(d) Without his hat.

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

3. _______ 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) Metamorphosis.
(d) Telekinesis.

4. The color of a tulip is always composed of _____ hues one of which is a base color that is always yellow or white.
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

5. Since Appleseed raised his trees from seed, most of the fruit was not suitable for _______.
(a) Composting.
(b) Selling.
(c) Making cider.
(d) Eating.

Short Answer Questions

1. ______ is the most widely cultivated fruit and has been put into religious stories including that of Adam and Eve.

2. The apple was first introduced to North America with the initial waves of the ______ immigration.

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

4. The book states that the devotion to flowers had remnants of _____ nature worship that threatened Judeo-Christian faiths.

5. The apple does not breed simply from seed. Thus all trees that produce the same type of apples are _______ of the original tree.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What was the way in which the tulip was able to get ahead when it was a part of the Ottoman Empire?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens when a person cuts an apple at its equator with a sharp knife?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 712 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample