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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The opposite condition to the collective flower frenzy in which a person's depression keeps them from enjoying flowers is ______.
(a) Flower-boredom.
(b) Flora-ennui.
(c) Sensual-boredom.
(d) Fauna-ennui.

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

3. The book suggests that colors and symmetries are elemental principles of ______.
(a) Sexual reproduction.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Size.
(d) Health.

4. The flower that is presented as being the symbol of the human desire for beauty is the ______.
(a) Rose.
(b) Tulip.
(c) Lily.
(d) Carnation.

5. Teaching men how to ferment the juice of the grape, ______ had brought civilization the gift of wine.
(a) Venus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Dionysus.

6. When a buyer of tulips finished the sale, they were required to pay "wijnkoopsgeld" or ______ money.
(a) Beer.
(b) Breeding.
(c) Wine.
(d) Bulb.

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

8. According to the book, there are ______ plants that have shaped human existence at least as much as human's have affected these plants.
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

9. Michael Pollen compares Chapman to the Greek mythological figures _______.
(a) Dryads.
(b) Satyrs.
(c) Nymphs.
(d) Centaurs.

10. The apple does not breed simply from seed. Thus all trees that produce the same type of apples are _______ of the original tree.
(a) Clones.
(b) Roots.
(c) Seeds.
(d) Leaves.

11. Before flowers, sexual reproduction consisted of _____ being dispersed by the wind to be caught by other plants.
(a) Stamens.
(b) Petals.
(c) Pistils.
(d) Pollen.

12. In the book, Johnny Appleseed was called a benign _________ of the American Fronteir.
(a) Saint Augustine.
(b) Saint Phillip.
(c) Saint Francis.
(d) Saint Thomas.

13. According to the book, the word _____ is a corruption of the Turkish word for Turban.
(a) Tulip.
(b) Peony.
(c) Rose.
(d) Orchid.

14. The domestic apple is thought to have derived from a species that originally came from the country ______.
(a) Uzbekistan.
(b) Pakistan.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Kazakhstan.

15. The early colonists to America in addition to bringing grafts also brought apple seeds to plant called ______.
(a) Spots.
(b) Cores.
(c) Pippins.
(d) Merrys.

Short Answer Questions

1. The book suggests that the Ottoman ideal of tulip beauty was elegant, sharp, and ________.

2. Red and Golden are two forms of North American cultivars of this particular type of apple ______.

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

4. Johnny Appleseed raised ______ for sale and subsequent transplantation.

5. Clusius brought tulips with him to Leiden garden where they eventually ______ due to their rareness.

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