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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The number of leaves that are only a tulip are typically _______. With the "turban" top, this gives them the suggesting of a human body.
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

2. The process through which humans and plants have shaped each other over the years is known as _______.
(a) Co-dependence.
(b) Co-occurence.
(c) Co-evolution.
(d) Co-emergence.

3. ______ is the most widely cultivated fruit and has been put into religious stories including that of Adam and Eve.
(a) Potato.
(b) Apple.
(c) Peach.
(d) Banana.

4. 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) Soil.
(b) Taste.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Scent.

5. The opposite condition to the collective flower frenzy in which a person's depression keeps them from enjoying flowers is ______.
(a) Sensual-boredom.
(b) Flora-ennui.
(c) Fauna-ennui.
(d) Flower-boredom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Johnny Appleseed was known to use a _________ in order to transport his seeds across the water.

3. The color of a tulip is always composed of _____ hues one of which is a base color that is always yellow or white.

4. In the book, Johnny Appleseed was called a benign _________ of the American Fronteir.

5. Pollan asserts that even though daffodils came early in the season, _______ is not a true color for a child.

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