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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Pollan asserts that even though daffodils came early in the season, _______ is not a true color for a child.
(a) Yellow.
(b) Orange.
(c) Purple.
(d) Red.

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

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

5. The tulip that Pollan has on his desk, a Queen of Night, has no ______, which he indicates is because it is meant to be visual.
(a) Scent.
(b) Taste.
(c) Soil.
(d) Leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Holland, between 1634 and 1637, there was a collective frenzy around flowers known as ________.

2. The book states that all of the following are capable of prodigies or of shifting themselves in form except _______.

3. The book states that the devotion to flowers had remnants of _____ nature worship that threatened Judeo-Christian faiths.

4. The _____ was linked to the corruption of the Catholic church, while the apple was linked with wholesome Protestantism.

5. Chapman stated that he was promised "a true wife in heaven" and thus he never ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pollan describe the particular patch of garden versus the plants one finds in nature?

2. What is connection between the plants in the book and their impact on the human society and vice-versa?

3. What is the main reason why the apple is presented in a book about the idea of desire? How does the apple relate to desire?

4. How did the tulip bulb end up coming into Holland, even though it was not a native plant in the area?

5. What did the Ottoman Turks discover about the wild tulips they found during one of their trips?

6. What is the possible coincidence that Pollan points out between the flowers and their ability to arouse desire in bees?

7. What is the classic example of coevolution that Pollan presents at the start of the book?

8. What is the origin of the domesticated apple, although this is certainly a point which is up for contention?

9. Why did Pollan plant tulip bulbs when he was a child, according to his own reflections?

10. Who are some of the groups which roamed the Ohio lands long before Johnny Appleseed was there?

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