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

3. To help combat how much a person can eat, the food industry has created ________ starch that can allow people to eat more.
(a) Truthful.
(b) Liquid.
(c) Resistant.
(d) Combatant.

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

5. What is the name of the person who began to take away the programs to help the farmers?
(a) Ed Burrow.
(b) Earl Butz.
(c) Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) Gerald Ford.

Short Answer Questions

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

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.

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

4. Each acre of corn, according to Pollan needs to have _________ gallons of fossil fuel to support it.

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

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