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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To combat the human end of the imperfect system, marketers add ______ to their raw product -- making it a novelty.
(a) Value.
(b) Packaging.
(c) Sugars.
(d) Prices.

2. What do many farmers rely on in order to create higher yields at their farms?
(a) GMOs.
(b) Fertilizers.
(c) Water.
(d) Pesticides.

3. The lack of a food _______ is something that causes humans to be susceptible to food fads.
(a) Culture.
(b) Bible.
(c) Rulebook.
(d) Diet.

4. Where do all of the parts of the corn end up in as a result of the new process to separate its parts?
(a) Processed foods.
(b) Egg sandwiches.
(c) Breads.
(d) Bottled water.

5. Neither being ignorant or aware is a completely _________ way of eating in the world today.
(a) Attainable.
(b) Avoidable.
(c) Movable.
(d) Sustainable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan also have to abandon his idea of an abalone ____________ in his meal.

2. Bentham makes the argument that if there are some humans that lack the brainpower of a ________, why are they still included in the moral argument?

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.

4. Pollan equates the feeling of everything coming into focused while also being completely relaxed to being ________.

5. The family _______, one of the remaining parts of America's food culture, is in decline, according to Pollan.

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