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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. Hybrid corn is a __________ hog, according to this chapter, and is able to be grown without disruption of fertility issues.
(a) Bean.
(b) Water.
(c) Fertilizer.
(d) Soil.

2. Pollan points out that the Republic of _______ exists today because of all of the excess corn in the market.
(a) Excess.
(b) Obesity.
(c) Fat.
(d) Diabetes.

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

4. Pollan hopes to bring the reader back to their original _______ of food.
(a) Idea.
(b) Religion.
(c) Book.
(d) Source.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The soda industry began to ______ their sodas, which led people to drink more and to buy more.

3. Over time, corn has become everything humans need to be a staple of the _________ food chain.

4. Corn began to rise to fame when the government war factories turned into __________ factories.

5. Synthetic _______, invented by Fritz Haber as a side effect of his work on bombs in Germany, meant that crops could be grown without care about the amount of this substance on the Earth.

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