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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapman planted 'Johnny weed' because he thought that it would prevent the contraction of ______.
(a) Polio.
(b) Hayfever.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Malaria.

2. The apple is presented in this book as strongly appealing to humanity's desire for _______.
(a) Tartness.
(b) Sweetness.
(c) The perfect fruit.
(d) Love.

3. Pollan refers to the _____ as the gothic femme fatale in the masculine world of tulips.
(a) Black Dhalia.
(b) Queen of Night.
(c) Switsers.
(d) Semper Augustus.

4. In 1812, Chapman ran thirty miles to warn settlers of the approach of troops, a feat known as _______.
(a) The barefoot run.
(b) The coffee sack run.
(c) The apple run.
(d) The thirty mile run.

5. 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) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Chinese poets likened the blossoms of the peony to a ______.

3. The apple does not breed simply from seed. Thus all trees that produce the same type of apples are _______ of the original tree.

4. According to the book, the plants that form flowers and then encased seeds are known as ______.

5. The early colonists to America in addition to bringing grafts also brought apple seeds to plant called ______.

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