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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Apples were the only avenue early settlers had for obtaining ______, which the Native Americans obtained from Maples.
(a) Sugar.
(b) Vitamin D.
(c) Water.
(d) Leaves.

3. Johnny Appleseed raised ______ for sale and subsequent transplantation.
(a) Apple trees.
(b) Apple cuttings.
(c) Apple clones.
(d) Apple seeds.

4. Appleseed was able to compete with other apple cultivar sales because his trees were ______.
(a) High quality.
(b) Easily accessible.
(c) Cheap.
(d) Low quality.

5. Chapman practiced the faith of ______ and was known to launch into sermons when visiting.
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Pessimism.
(c) Swedenborgism.
(d) Catholocism.

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

7. The book states that the potato plant was stolen from the royal gardens of ______.
(a) Louis IV.
(b) Louis V.
(c) Louis XVI.
(d) Louis X.

8. Johnny Appleseed was famous or infamous for wearing a _______ around wherever he went.
(a) Fedora.
(b) Wool coat.
(c) Pair of overalls.
(d) Coffee sack.

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

10. Since Appleseed raised his trees from seed, most of the fruit was not suitable for _______.
(a) Eating.
(b) Composting.
(c) Making cider.
(d) Selling.

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

12. The book states that before the evolution of flowers, life existed in a much _______ world.
(a) More beautiful.
(b) Faster.
(c) Simpler.
(d) More complicated.

13. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who knew a thing or two about natural history, called the apple, _______
(a) The Canadian fruit.
(b) The best treat.
(c) The American fruit.
(d) A feeling of home.

14. During the lifetime of Johnny Appleseed, Ohio law required a settler to put out ___ apple or pear trees in order to get a land grant.
(a) 20.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

15. The color of a tulip is always composed of _____ hues one of which is a base color that is always yellow or white.
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapman was credited for introducing 'Johnny weed' or ________, to the state of Ohio.

2. The book states that beauty in nature is often linked with ______ as evidenced by a bird's plumage.

3. Pollan refers to the _____ as the gothic femme fatale in the masculine world of tulips.

4. ______ is the unit of money used in Holland. After 1635, the price of a bulb of Switzers went from 60 to 1500.

5. The book states that almost all cultures around the world love flowers with the notable exception of _______.

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