The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Michael Pollan
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

Michael Pollan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 97 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. The lack of a food _______ is something that causes humans to be susceptible to food fads.
(a) Diet.
(b) Rulebook.
(c) Culture.
(d) Bible.

2. Corn ________ early on to mass produce, but this also made the plant dependent on humans and animals.
(a) Mutated.
(b) Reproduced.
(c) Grew.
(d) Died.

3. As a result of the new government agreement, the market is flooded with _______ corn.
(a) Purple.
(b) Cheap.
(c) High quality.
(d) Blue.

4. In a bad corn year, the food industry might use __________ as a replacement in many foods.
(a) Wheat.
(b) Salt.
(c) Baking soda.
(d) Soybeans.

5. To help combat how much a person can eat, the food industry has created ________ starch that can allow people to eat more.
(a) Resistant.
(b) Liquid.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Combatant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many atoms does corn utilize during photosynthesis, unlike others?

2. Hybrid corn is a __________ hog, according to this chapter, and is able to be grown without disruption of fertility issues.

3. _______ was mass produced because of all of the corn that was grown at the time of the alcohol period in the country.

4. What is NOT one of the threads of the worldwide food chain that humans fit into?

5. The Naylor farm has turned from a diverse farm to one that has become a _________ production mecca.

(see the answer key)

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