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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. According to the book, the word _____ is a corruption of the Turkish word for Turban.
(a) Rose.
(b) Peony.
(c) Tulip.
(d) Orchid.

2. The apple does not breed simply from seed. Thus all trees that produce the same type of apples are _______ of the original tree.
(a) Seeds.
(b) Roots.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Clones.

3. Chapman practiced the faith of ______ and was known to launch into sermons when visiting.
(a) Catholocism.
(b) Protestantism.
(c) Pessimism.
(d) Swedenborgism.

4. The book states that all of the following are capable of prodigies or of shifting themselves in form except _______.
(a) Tulip.
(b) Rose.
(c) Orchid.
(d) Lotus.

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. Red and Golden are two forms of North American cultivars of this particular type of apple ______.

2. The consensus in Holland was that the tulip ______ was the most beautiful flower in the world and a masterpiece.

3. Chapman is known to have floated one hundred miles down the Allegheny river on _______, fast asleep.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Pollan plant tulip bulbs when he was a child, according to his own reflections?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens as a result of having perfect symmetry in a flower, according to Pollan's writing in the book?

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