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

2. Who introduced the idea of using corn to the English settlers?
(a) Cows.
(b) Native Americans.
(c) No one.
(d) Dutch royalty.

3. 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) Hydrogen.
(c) Phosphorus.
(d) Nitrogen.

4. Each acre of corn, according to Pollan needs to have _________ gallons of fossil fuel to support it.
(a) 25.
(b) 50.
(c) 29.
(d) 30.

5. Corn became a _________ because of its many applications for use by the settlers.
(a) Drink.
(b) Fuel.
(c) Problem.
(d) Commodity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As a result of the new government agreement, the market is flooded with _______ corn.

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

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

5. In what part of the body can one determine just how much corn is being eaten by the person?

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