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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two through Chapter Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things that humans consult in order to determine what they will and will not eat?
(a) Memory.
(b) Animals.
(c) Taste.
(d) Culture.

2. What were the programs that were set up in order to help farmers during the rougher years?
(a) FSA.
(b) HSA.
(c) FFA.
(d) New Deal.

3. The invention of synthetic materials also meant that _________ would become necessary to fix the nitrogen.
(a) Organics.
(b) Solar power.
(c) Fossil fuels.
(d) Wind.

4. What do many farmers rely on in order to create higher yields at their farms?
(a) Pesticides.
(b) Fertilizers.
(c) GMOs.
(d) Water.

5. Synthetic _______, invented by Fritz Haber as a side effect of his work on bombs in Germany, meant that crops could be grown without care about the amount of this substance on the Earth.
(a) Nitrogen.
(b) Hydrogen.
(c) Potassium.
(d) Phosphorus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollan hopes to bring the reader back to their original _______ of food.

2. In what part of the body can one determine just how much corn is being eaten by the person?

3. Since they don't have to worry about nitrogen, farmers no longer have to ________ their crops to ensure soil fertility.

4. The factories from the war time began to produce ________ for farmers to help with their crops.

5. Corn is also self _______ and wind pollinated, which is a process that Pollan describes in detail.

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