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The Botany of Desire Quiz

Michael Pollan
This Study Guide consists of approximately 41 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Botany of Desire.
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The Botany of Desire Quiz

Michael Pollan
This Study Guide consists of approximately 41 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Botany of Desire.

Take our free The Botany of Desire quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

The book suggests that the Ottoman ideal of tulip beauty was elegant, sharp, and ________. (from Chapter 2)

2.

The book states that the potato plant was stolen from the royal gardens of ______. (from Chapter 2)

3.

Petals curving inward to hide its sexual organs, the tulip is ______ among flowers, and somewhat aloof. (from Chapter 2)

4.

Pollan suggests that on a biochemical level, psychoactive plants affect the brain much the way that the following activities except ______ affect it. (from Chapter 3)

5.

Gene flow normally occurs between closely related __________, so it seems that the Monsanto varieties will not spawn superweeds. (from Chapter 4)

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