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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eco-Effectiveness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Silent Spring to educate the public about specifically?
(a) The Industrial Revolution and its destruction of a romantic society.
(b) The difficulties in recycling organic materials.
(c) The dangers of DDT in the environment.
(d) The harmony between industry and society.

2. Which words best describe the focus of production in factories during the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Expensive and technical.
(b) Laborious and costly.
(c) Quick and cheap.
(d) Slow and careful.

3. Why are car parts difficult to recycle?
(a) It is very difficult to melt down steel.
(b) It is almost impossible to disassemble the body parts.
(c) The body parts have many toxic chemicals that are dangerous in the recycling process.
(d) It is difficult to separate paint from car body parts, so it is impossible to recover the steel.

4. Who writes Silent Spring?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Rachel Carson.
(c) Susan Sontag.
(d) Charles Dickens.

5. All of the following are true about a typical book except:
(a) It is easily recycled.
(b) The inks contain many toxic chemicals.
(c) It is not biodegradable.
(d) It uses chlorine in all aspects of its production.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement is the best explanation for why sports shoes are produced outside the U.S.?

2. What is one problem with recycled paper?

3. Which word best describes the cherry tree model for industrial design?

4. What is true about the inks typically used for printing books?

5. Which words best describe how people view nature during the Industrial Revolution?

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