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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. ______ orchard has become a kind of museum for several different apple species dedicated to maintaining the diversity.
(a) Geneva.
(b) Mansfied.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Ohio.
2. The book states that the potato plant was stolen from the royal gardens of ______.
(a) Louis V.
(b) Louis X.
(c) Louis XVI.
(d) Louis IV.
3. Johnny Appleseed raised ______ for sale and subsequent transplantation.
(a) Apple trees.
(b) Apple seeds.
(c) Apple cuttings.
(d) Apple clones.
4. The book states that the devotion to flowers had remnants of _____ nature worship that threatened Judeo-Christian faiths.
(a) Islamic.
(b) Pagan.
(c) Swedenborgian.
(d) Lutheran.
5. The consensus in Holland was that the tulip ______ was the most beautiful flower in the world and a masterpiece.
(a) Black Dahlia.
(b) Queen of Darkness.
(c) Semper Augustus.
(d) Queen of Night.
Short Answer Questions
1. Chapman stated that he was promised "a true wife in heaven" and thus he never ______.
2. According to the book, the plants that form flowers and then encased seeds are known as ______.
3. In 1812, Chapman ran thirty miles to warn settlers of the approach of troops, a feat known as _______.
4. Pollan asserts that Jews and Christians discouraged devotion to flowers because it was a threat to _______.
5. The book states that Johnny Appleseed died in 1845 in _______ Indiana.
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the tulip bulb end up coming into Holland, even though it was not a native plant in the area?
2. What is the classic example of coevolution that Pollan presents at the start of the book?
3. What does the presence of flowers tend to tell a person about the area in which they are walking or traveling?
4. What happens when a person cuts an apple at its equator with a sharp knife?
5. What does Pollan have to say about his tendency to speculate and about the connection between flowers and speculation?
6. What are the colors and the shapes of flowers designed to do, according to some scientists?
7. How does Pollan describe the particular patch of garden versus the plants one finds in nature?
8. What are the four important classes of domesticated plants which influenced the way in which Pollan chose the plants for the book?
9. What are some of the ways in which flowers have been created to attract the attention of humans, according to Pollan?
10. What does Pollan say about colors that are seen by children, as opposed to colors seen by adults?
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