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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of wind and water moving genetic material around, the emerging plants were now enlisting the help of ______.
(a) Animals.
(b) Viruses.
(c) Mold.
(d) Bacteria.

2. The new potato called "NewLeaf" has been genetically engineered in order to produce its own ______________.
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) Insecticide.
(d) Peel.

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

4. The reasons why potatoes did not become popular in Europe at first was because they were thought to cause _________ and immorality.
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Measles.

5. Pollan suggests that drugs have both positive and negative qualities. The wine of _______ was both a scourge and a blessing.
(a) Venus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. The concept of the apple being a healthy and wholesome fruit was dreamed up to fight the negative image from ______.

2. What is Pollan not allowed to do with the NewLeaf potatoes at the end of the year, according to the law?

3. Some of the farmers who grow potatoes are happy with Monsanto since this means they can skip a few _________, which saves them money.

4. _______ or 'white lightning' preceded hard cider as the alcohol containing drink of choice on the frontier.

5. The book suggests that Herbert's view of tulipmania is a parable of utopianism, specifically _______.

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