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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tukano Indians in the Amazon noticed Jaguars eating a vine, which was atypical for them and helped the Indians discover ______.
(a) Cannabis.
(b) Mistletoe.
(c) Datura.
(d) Yaje.

2. Antheleme Brillat-Savarin noted, "Tell me what you _______ and I will tell you what you are."
(a) Believe.
(b) Know.
(c) Eat.
(d) Grow.

3. 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.

4. _______ is an annual convention and harvest fair sponsored by High Times Magazine that attracts many growers.
(a) The Cannabis Contest.
(b) The Cannabis Challenge.
(c) The Cannabis Chalice.
(d) The Cannabis Cup.

5. The arts of _______ are how plants have explored their ingenuity applied to learning and adapting.
(a) Biochemistry.
(b) Locomotion.
(c) Tropism.
(d) Physical defenses.

6. The book states that the effect of making pot illegal was that the counterculture engaged in _______the plant.
(a) Killing.
(b) Weakening.
(c) Genetically modifying.
(d) Destroying.

7. Pigeons are associated with the discovery of ______ because of their spacing out behavior after eating the seeds.
(a) Mistletoe.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Datura.
(d) Cannabis.

8. ______ is the name given to the state-of-the-art growing regimen that could yield three pounds of sinsemilla in two months' time.
(a) Ocean of Green.
(b) Sea of Green.
(c) Lake of Green.
(d) Pool of Green.

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

10. What kind of storm took place in December of 1999, causing the gardens of Versailles to be ruined?
(a) Windstorm.
(b) Snow storm.
(c) Tornado.
(d) Flood.

11. _______ are substances studied by ethnobotanists and refer to "the god within."
(a) Hallucinogens.
(b) Pathogens.
(c) Carcinogens.
(d) Entheogens.

12. The French romantics were said to have experimented with ________ after Napoleon's troops brought it back with them from Egypt.
(a) Speed.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Opium.

13. Goats are associated with the discovery of _____, when it was observed they became frisky after eating the red berries.
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Mistletoe.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Tea.

14. Dave Hjelle from Monstanto tells Pollan something that makes him a little concerned. He says, "______________."
(a) Trust us.
(b) No problem.
(c) I'm worried too.
(d) It's problematic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Until the mid-1970s, most of the marijuana in America was grown in _______ and was often sprayed with a pesticide paraquat.

3. When the ___________ harvest failed in England in 1794, it seems that the poor were not going to be able to buy the bread they needed.

4. In order to reduce time and energy spent on growing male sinsemilla plants which are useless, growers started ______.

5. __________ was what some people in England used to call the potato, which continued its separation from their diet.

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