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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 plants that form flowers and encased seeds began to emerge on the earth during the _______ period.
(a) Triassic.
(b) Jurassic.
(c) Vegetative.
(d) Cretaceous.

2. Johnny Appleseed is generally acknowledged as having planted _______ of apple seeds across a wide range of orchards.
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Tens of thousands.

3. The consensus in Holland was that the tulip ______ was the most beautiful flower in the world and a masterpiece.
(a) Semper Augustus.
(b) Black Dahlia.
(c) Queen of Night.
(d) Queen of Darkness.

4. The book states that certain flowers are reminiscent of Greek Gods. The rose and the peony are stated to be flowers of ______.
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Venus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Zeus.

5. Appleseed used most of his crops in order to make ______, which led him to be thought of as an 'American Dionysus.'
(a) Apple crisp.
(b) Apple vodka.
(c) Fermented cider.
(d) Apple pie.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In an attempt to look like decaying meat, a ______ plant has red and white striated coloring and a rancid smell.

5. The Native Americans that knew Chapman considered him to be a brilliant woodsman and ______.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Pollan says that he thinks tulips really were flowers which were designed for children?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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