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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Charles Darwin born?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1827.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1809.

2. What refers to any of a class of angiosperm plants having a single cotyledon in the seed?
(a) Eudicot.
(b) Austrobaileyale.
(c) Monocot.
(d) Magnoliid.

3. When did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

4. What refers to a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water?
(a) Swamp.
(b) Tundra.
(c) Bog.
(d) Fen.

5. Studies at what university encouraged Charles Darwin's passion for natural science?
(a) University of Cambridge.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Oxford University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a venomous pit viper species found in the southeastern United States which is the heaviest (though not longest) venomous snake in the Americas and the largest rattlesnake?

2. In Orchid Fever, Susan writes that the international trade in orchids is more than how much per year?

3. What is a fungicide which was introduced in 1968 by DuPont and is a systemic benzimidazole fungicide that is selectively toxic to microorganisms and to invertebrates, especially earthworms?

4. What kind of orchid was John Laroche accused of attempting to steal in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

5. When did Frederick Sander meet Benedict Roezl?

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