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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Red and Golden are two forms of North American cultivars of this particular type of apple ______.
(a) Amazing.
(b) Tasty.
(c) Delicious.
(d) Juicy.

2. The plants that have contributed to the shaping of human existence include all of the following except _______.
(a) Potato.
(b) Rose.
(c) Apple.
(d) Marijuana.

3. In Holland, between 1634 and 1637, there was a collective frenzy around flowers known as ________.
(a) Lilymania.
(b) Carnationmania.
(c) Tulipmania.
(d) Rosemania.

4. Clusius brought tulips with him to Leiden garden where they eventually ______ due to their rareness.
(a) Died.
(b) Were sold.
(c) Were given as gifts.
(d) Were stolen.

5. ______ is the unit of money used in Holland. After 1635, the price of a bulb of Switzers went from 60 to 1500.
(a) Euros.
(b) Dollars.
(c) Marks.
(d) Guilders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Appleseed used most of his crops in order to make ______, which led him to be thought of as an 'American Dionysus.'

2. The "broken tulip" was eventually found to be caused by ______ which was discovered with the invention of the electron microscope.

3. The opposite condition to the collective flower frenzy in which a person's depression keeps them from enjoying flowers is ______.

4. When a buyer of tulips finished the sale, they were required to pay "wijnkoopsgeld" or ______ money.

5. The book states that the devotion to flowers had remnants of _____ nature worship that threatened Judeo-Christian faiths.

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