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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book states that the presence of flowers is a reliable predictor of future _____ and therefore was important to humans in the past.
(a) Water.
(b) Rain.
(c) Food.
(d) Animals.

2. The book states that beauty in nature is often linked with ______ as evidenced by a bird's plumage.
(a) Food.
(b) Aggression.
(c) Territory.
(d) Sex.

3. In an attempt to look like decaying meat, a ______ plant has red and white striated coloring and a rancid smell.
(a) Catcher.
(b) Pitcher.
(c) Fly trap.
(d) Orchid.

4. Chapman was credited for introducing 'Johnny weed' or ________, to the state of Ohio.
(a) Sweet fennel.
(b) Mayweed.
(c) Wormwood.
(d) Stinking fennel.

5. The book states that certain flowers are reminiscent of Greek Gods. The rose and the peony are stated to be flowers of ______.
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Venus.

Short Answer Questions

1. The domestic apple is thought to have derived from a species that originally came from the country ______.

2. The _____ was linked to the corruption of the Catholic church, while the apple was linked with wholesome Protestantism.

3. The Greeks believed that true beauty was the offspring of form and ecstasy personified in ______ and Apollo.

4. The plants that have contributed to the shaping of human existence include all of the following except _______.

5. _______ is the tulip grower's term for the phenomenon that causes certain flowers in a field to revert to the form and color of their parent.

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