The Botany of Desire Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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 | Four Week Quiz B

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 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Almost all apples grown for eating are cultivars, meaning that they are ______.
(a) Hydroponically grown.
(b) Planted into the soil.
(c) Cuttings.
(d) Special seeds.

2. According to the book, cannabis is now America's leading _______ with sinsemilla selling for upwards of $500 an ounce.
(a) Import.
(b) Cash crop.
(c) Economic problem.
(d) Export.

3. The book suggests that _______ calls to human desire to alter the textures and contents of our consciousness.
(a) Tulips.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Apples.
(d) Potatoes.

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

5. The book states that one culture's cure all could be another culture's 'root of all evil' also known as ________.
(a) Pangaia.
(b) Pangea.
(c) Panacea.
(d) Panapathogen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapman was known to go _______ in all kinds of weather and took it as a matter of pride in his toughness.

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

3. Flowers have been given the ability to attract other species using a variety of senses except ______.

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

5. ______ is the most widely cultivated fruit and has been put into religious stories including that of Adam and Eve.

(see the answer key)

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