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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though the process of _________, animals can be fed, which then leads to the feeding of humans, too.
(a) Hard work.
(b) Water.
(c) Photosynthesis.
(d) Seasons.

2. 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.
(a) Potassium.
(b) Nitrogen.
(c) Phosphorus.
(d) Hydrogen.

3. What store does Pollan go to in order to begin creating a store-purchased organic meal?
(a) Whole Foods.
(b) Richard's Organic Foods.
(c) Cassandra's.
(d) Trader Joe's.

4. Overcoming human senses had sometimes been vital, as in the case of bitter ______________.
(a) Meats.
(b) Spices.
(c) Teas.
(d) Medicinal plants.

5. Pollan has never ________ before he begins the new opportunity to learn about food chains.
(a) Baked.
(b) Hunted.
(c) Stolen.
(d) Cooked.

Short Answer Questions

1. By _______, the government became involved in the organic market, as it sought to define what it meant to be organic.

2. Pollan is disgusted when he looks at a picture of himself with his kill and sees ________.

3. Who did Pollan ask for a detailed account of what happens when a steer is processed?

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

5. Pollan wants to create a meal in full ________ of the foods involved and how they came to be on his table.

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