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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The book suggests that deep down, many gardeners see themselves as ________ transforming compost, water, and light into beauty.
(a) Herbalists.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Spiritualists.
(d) Alchemists.

2. According to the book, the tulip is said to have the consciousness of _______, evoking clarity and order.
(a) Venus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Apollog.
(d) Dionysus.

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

4. What is Pollan not allowed to do with the NewLeaf potatoes at the end of the year, according to the law?
(a) Hide them.
(b) Replant them.
(c) Eat them.
(d) Sell them.

5. Pollan says that he would call the images of nature and of growing to be the Agricultural ___________, if he did not think it sounded like too much of an oxymoron.
(a) Mystery.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Sublime.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ is an annual convention and harvest fair sponsored by High Times Magazine that attracts many growers.

2. What needs to be kept artificially high in the clean rooms in order to keep other microbes out?

3. The consensus in Holland was that the tulip ______ was the most beautiful flower in the world and a masterpiece.

4. Johnny Appleseed is generally acknowledged as having planted _______ of apple seeds across a wide range of orchards.

5. Flowers are unable to choose ______ and therefore must rely on extravagant displays to attract insects.

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