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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight through Chapter Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Humans are not a perfect natural system in the food system because they can only _______ so much food.
(a) Buy.
(b) Consume.
(c) Throw away.
(d) Make.

2. What were the programs that were set up in order to help farmers during the rougher years?
(a) FFA.
(b) New Deal.
(c) HSA.
(d) FSA.

3. Pollan looks over the land and it makes him think of _________, which is something marketers now try to sell.
(a) Pastoral.
(b) Postcard.
(c) Family.
(d) Ancient.

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

5. Organic farms might still look like industrial farms, but they do not use ___________.
(a) Rules.
(b) Metals.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Chemicals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of the products at the health store where Pollan shops contain foods from the _________ food chain.

2. How many atoms does corn utilize during photosynthesis, unlike others?

3. In a bad corn year, the food industry might use __________ as a replacement in many foods.

4. Pollan points out that the Republic of _______ exists today because of all of the excess corn in the market.

5. In the early 19th century, Americans were drinking more alcohol, which cause the Alcohol _________.

(see the answer key)

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