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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gorgeous.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Frederick Sander meet Benedict Roezl?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1875.

2. What is a venomous pit viper species found in the southeastern United States which is the heaviest (though not longest) venomous snake in the Americas and the largest rattlesnake?
(a) Diamondback Rattlesnake.
(b) Sidewinder.
(c) Rock Rattlesnake.
(d) Pacific Rattlesnake.

3. What is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale?
(a) Bract.
(b) Lamina.
(c) Sheath.
(d) Frond.

4. What is a plant that grows upon another plant non-parasitically or sometimes upon some other object, derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and sometimes from debris accumulating around it, and is found in the temperate zone?
(a) Cryptophyte.
(b) Chamaephyte.
(c) Phanerophyte.
(d) Epiphyte.

5. How many genera are there in the orchid family?
(a) 650.
(b) 880.
(c) 975.
(d) 129.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word refers to the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image or desire?

2. John Laroche is introduced as being an eccentric person who is tall, skinny and handsome despite what?

3. What refers to a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived?

4. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer for what periodical since 1992?

5. When did Charles Darwin publish Fertilization of Orchids?

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