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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over time, corn has become everything humans need to be a staple of the _________ food chain.
(a) Industrialized.
(b) Plentiful.
(c) Organic.
(d) Hunter-gatherer.

2. What takes corn meal, corn starch, and corn sweetener to make?
(a) Hamburgers.
(b) Quiche.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Breakfast cereal.

3. The _________ is one of the specialized animals that Pollan points out as having no issues with eating.
(a) Lion.
(b) Horse.
(c) Mosquito.
(d) Koala.

4. Pollan points out that the industrial method of farming has led to increased ________ and polluted groundwater.
(a) Pollution.
(b) Energy.
(c) Oil wells.
(d) Food supplies.

5. The farm and the human are two ________ natural systems that the food industry relies on.
(a) Malleable.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Perfect.
(d) Imperfect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Corn ________ early on to mass produce, but this also made the plant dependent on humans and animals.

2. Corn is also able to limit the ______ lost during the process of photosynthesis, according to the book.

3. The push for corn has also led to the industrialization of _______ farms, according to Naylor.

4. The factories from the war time began to produce ________ for farmers to help with their crops.

5. Humans are not a perfect natural system in the food system because they can only _______ so much food.

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