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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seventeen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the food companies produced more corn, they create more _________ as it is cheaper than sugar.
(a) Alcohol.
(b) High fructose corn syrup.
(c) Corn oil.
(d) Artificial sweeteners.

2. As ________ has become popular, animal rights activists have been highlighting the unethical treatment of animals.
(a) Vegetarianism.
(b) Meat eating.
(c) Inclusion.
(d) Flexitarianism.

3. Pollan tries to be vegetarian, but gives it up as he finds it less ________ and much more difficult.
(a) Exciting.
(b) Socially acceptable.
(c) Innovative.
(d) Nutritious.

4. To combat the human end of the imperfect system, marketers add ______ to their raw product -- making it a novelty.
(a) Value.
(b) Sugars.
(c) Prices.
(d) Packaging.

5. The modern CAFO does not take into consideration the _________ of an animal when processing them.
(a) Situation.
(b) Pain.
(c) Family.
(d) Generations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pollan eating when he attempts to read Peter Singer's book?

2. The farm and the human are two ________ natural systems that the food industry relies on.

3. The manure of the _______ is spread on all of the pastures without fouling the pasture with too many droppings.

4. Pollan notes that the fact that humans have the _______ to question eating animals makes them different.

5. What takes corn meal, corn starch, and corn sweetener to make?

(see the answer key)

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