The Botany of Desire Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Michael Pollan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Botany of Desire Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Michael Pollan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book states that all of the following are capable of prodigies or of shifting themselves in form except _______.
(a) Lotus.
(b) Orchid.
(c) Tulip.
(d) Rose.

2. Apples were the only avenue early settlers had for obtaining ______, which the Native Americans obtained from Maples.
(a) Leaves.
(b) Vitamin D.
(c) Water.
(d) Sugar.

3. Until the mid-1970s, most of the marijuana in America was grown in _______ and was often sprayed with a pesticide paraquat.
(a) Canada.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Peru.
(d) America.

4. The Native Americans that knew Chapman considered him to be a brilliant woodsman and ______.
(a) Guide.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Medicine man.

5. Fortius, a professor, could be seen patrolling the streets of the city, ______ any tulip that he encountered.
(a) Digging up.
(b) Praising.
(c) Beating.
(d) Picking.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book suggests that gardens used to be planted as a kind of living _____ that cared little for aesthetics.

2. Since Appleseed raised his trees from seed, most of the fruit was not suitable for _______.

3. Before flowers, sexual reproduction consisted of _____ being dispersed by the wind to be caught by other plants.

4. Chapman stated that he was promised "a true wife in heaven" and thus he never ______.

5. The book states that before flowers there was no connection between the way things looked and ______.

(see the answer key)

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