wild apples week one quiz.

This will be adapted to be interactive.
After reading page one of the essay, review by quizzy: of course you can take the quizzy anytime you wish.

In the first page, Thoreau's stance is chiefly that of a
A. farmer seeking to graft granny smiths onto Galas. (Not met galas,)
B. biohacker seeking to make apples that will hijack the genome and make superhumans.
C. historian looking at apples in human history through literary and anthropological sources.
D dramatist trying to portray the war of the walden/wachuset apple raiders.

Thoreau notes the Edda gods believed apples were like a fountain of
A. youth.
B. yutes.
C. garbage chutes.
D. medieval lutes.

He also notes that anthropologists had recently found an intact crabapple at the bottom of a lake in?
A.switzerland.
michigan
C.mars
lexington, mass.

the root of the word for apple in many languages originally meant: A. all fruit B. anything sugary. C. anything red. D. bonita applebaum


who painted this still life of apples? not part of the quiz, just to inspire discussions of art because Gala apples. lol.

Thoreau spends the first part of page 2 reflecting on how apple trees got to A. America. B. Concord. C. Lexington D. china.