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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The book suggests that Herbert's view of tulipmania is a parable of utopianism, specifically _______.
(a) Communism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Aparteid.
(d) Capitalism.

3. Chinese poets likened the blossoms of the peony to a ______.
(a) Bee's sexual organs.
(b) Elephant's sexual organs.
(c) Woman's sexual organs.
(d) Man's sexual organs.

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

5. Pollan asserts that due to the use of apple grafts from one generation to the next, the apple population has been made____.
(a) More wholesome.
(b) More nutritious.
(c) Strong.
(d) Weak.

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

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

8. The _____ was linked to the corruption of the Catholic church, while the apple was linked with wholesome Protestantism.
(a) Peach.
(b) Banana.
(c) Grape.
(d) Fig.

9. _______ or 'white lightning' preceded hard cider as the alcohol containing drink of choice on the frontier.
(a) Rum.
(b) Corn liquor.
(c) Potato liquor.
(d) Potato vodka.

10. ______, which contains a much higher amount of alcohol than hard cider, could be obtained through freezing.
(a) Rum.
(b) Applejack.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Vodka.

11. The consensus in Holland was that the tulip ______ was the most beautiful flower in the world and a masterpiece.
(a) Semper Augustus.
(b) Queen of Darkness.
(c) Queen of Night.
(d) Black Dahlia.

12. The fact that apple seeds do not produce a similar apple as the tree they came from is scientifically called ______.
(a) Protozygosity.
(b) Lumozygosity.
(c) Homozygosity.
(d) Heterozygosity.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In an attempt to look like decaying meat, a ______ plant has red and white striated coloring and a rancid smell.

2. The book states that certain flowers are reminiscent of Greek Gods. The rose and the peony are stated to be flowers of ______.

3. The Greeks believed that true beauty was the offspring of form and ecstasy personified in ______ and Apollo.

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

5. The apple is presented in this book as strongly appealing to humanity's desire for _______.

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