The Botany of Desire Quiz | Two 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 | Two Week Quiz A

Michael Pollan
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some of the ways children have been known to seek this altered state of consciousness include all of the following except______.
(a) Deliberately hyperventilating.
(b) Spinning until violently dizzy.
(c) Jumping out of trees.
(d) Eating processed sugar.

2. Chapman practiced the faith of ______ and was known to launch into sermons when visiting.
(a) Pessimism.
(b) Protestantism.
(c) Catholocism.
(d) Swedenborgism.

3. ______ orchard has become a kind of museum for several different apple species dedicated to maintaining the diversity.
(a) Geneva.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Mansfied.

4. Michael Pollen compares Chapman to the Greek mythological figures _______.
(a) Centaurs.
(b) Dryads.
(c) Satyrs.
(d) Nymphs.

5. The tulip that Pollan has on his desk, a Queen of Night, has no ______, which he indicates is because it is meant to be visual.
(a) Leaves.
(b) Scent.
(c) Taste.
(d) Soil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan asserts that Jews and Christians discouraged devotion to flowers because it was a threat to _______.

2. _______ are substances studied by ethnobotanists and refer to "the god within."

3. Johnny Appleseed was known for introducing the apple to the following states except _____.

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

5. The process of trying to impersonate other plants or animals in order to attract or repel is called ______.

(see the answer key)

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