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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Studies at what university encouraged Charles Darwin's passion for natural science?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) University of Cambridge.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Oxford University.

2. Where was John Laroche born?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Florida.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

3. What orchid hunter sent a telegram saying that the ship he was on had caught fire and was lost, yet Frederick Sander insisted he move on?
(a) William Micholitz.
(b) Albert Millican.
(c) Benedict Roezl.
(d) Tom Hart Dyke.

4. What refers to a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales?
(a) Iridaceae.
(b) Boryaceae.
(c) Orchidaceae.
(d) Asteliaceae.

5. What type of orchid produces a series of adjacent shoots which grow to a certain size, bloom and then stop growing, to be then replaced?
(a) Tripodial.
(b) Autopodial.
(c) Sympodial.
(d) Monopodial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was John Laroche accused of stealing orchids from in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

2. When did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

3. How many species are in the Dendrobium genus of orchids?

4. From what university did Susan Orlean graduate?

5. What event had John Laroche attended which got him into plants and horticulture?

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