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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two through Chapter Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Nitrogen.
(b) Potassium.
(c) Hydrogen.
(d) Phosphorus.

2. The invention of synthetic materials also meant that _________ would become necessary to fix the nitrogen.
(a) Solar power.
(b) Fossil fuels.
(c) Wind.
(d) Organics.

3. Pollan points out during the book that omnivores face a __________ when they eat today.
(a) Truth.
(b) Problem.
(c) Overabundance.
(d) Dilemma.

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

5. At the beginning of the food chain is ________, which surprised Pollan when he realized this.
(a) Corn.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Cows.
(d) Flour.

Short Answer Questions

1. Corn takes in more carbon _______ during the process of photosynthesis than other plants.

2. What were the programs that were set up in order to help farmers during the rougher years?

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

4. Corn is also self _______ and wind pollinated, which is a process that Pollan describes in detail.

5. Corn is one of the only plants that is adaptable to _________.

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