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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. Wallerstein originally worked for a _______ where he learned he could entice people to buy more with larger sizes.
(a) University.
(b) Movie theater.
(c) Library.
(d) Restaurant.

2. Where does Pollan find himself first questioning what the food on the market is made of?
(a) Camp.
(b) Supermarket.
(c) Forest.
(d) Farm.

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

4. Corn takes in more carbon _______ during the process of photosynthesis than other plants.
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The increased ______ of corn has meant a drop in crop space for other plants, according to Naylor.

3. To combat the human end of the imperfect system, marketers add ______ to their raw product -- making it a novelty.

4. 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.

5. Where is the farm that George Naylor runs when Pollan goes to visit him to learn more?

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