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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Lenson points out that many people of the past tried to __________ the use of drugs by calling it imagination.
(a) Laugh about.
(b) Discourage.
(c) Sanitize.
(d) Ignore.

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

4. Peruvian legend has it that _____ are associated with the discovery of quinine through eating the bark of the cinchona tree.
(a) Pumas.
(b) Toucans.
(c) Jaguars.
(d) Macaws.

5. Certain drugs, Pollan states, will cause objects around us to change until they appear as the _________ versions of themselves.
(a) Enjoyable.
(b) Opposite.
(c) Ideal.
(d) Glowing.

6. Where are the Monsanto headquarters located, according to Pollan's description in the book?
(a) Ausin.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

7. The books suggests that all of the following are successful defenses plants have adopted except _______.
(a) Disable.
(b) Confound.
(c) Repel.
(d) Death-dealing toxins.

8. Factors restricting the growth of marijuana that indoor gardeners were able to control include the following except _______.
(a) Nutrients.
(b) Disease.
(c) Light.
(d) Heat.

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

10. Psychoactive drugs serve as bridges between the worlds of matter and spirit, or in modern language _______and consciousness.
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Geology.
(d) Astronomy.

11. __________ was what some people in England used to call the potato, which continued its separation from their diet.
(a) Bread root.
(b) Bread pudding.
(c) Root meal.
(d) Dirt root.

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

13. According to the book, some counter strategies to these toxins include all of the following except ______.
(a) Drying plants in the sun.
(b) Digestive processes that detoxify.
(c) Feeding strategies that minimize ingestion.
(d) Heightened memory.

14. ______ change the taste of plant flesh on the tongues of certain animals and can render the sweetest fruit sour.
(a) Nicotines.
(b) Flavenoids.
(c) Daturas.
(d) Anthocyanins.

15. What is a good place to experiment and a place to try out new plants and techniques without having to risk a lot?
(a) School.
(b) Flower pot.
(c) Garden.
(d) Scientific lab.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the company which makes the genetically modified potato called "NewLeaf"?

2. 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.

3. One way to look at ___________ engineering is to think that it allows humans to insert their intelligence into a crop.

4. _______ became a new capital for marijuana cultivation during the American drug war of the nineties.

5. The Dutch genius for horticulture leftover from the ________ combined with the influx of new seeds.

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