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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Johnny Appleseed is generally acknowledged as having planted _______ of apple seeds across a wide range of orchards.
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Hundreds of thousands.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Tens of thousands.

4. Chinese poets likened the blossoms of the peony to a ______.
(a) Woman's sexual organs.
(b) Man's sexual organs.
(c) Bee's sexual organs.
(d) Elephant's sexual organs.

5. The book states that before the evolution of flowers, life existed in a much _______ world.
(a) More complicated.
(b) Simpler.
(c) Faster.
(d) More beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The book states that beauty in nature is often linked with ______ as evidenced by a bird's plumage.

3. The process through which humans and plants have shaped each other over the years is known as _______.

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

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

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