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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Question of Design.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would designers create products that wear out in a certain amount of time?
(a) So that they did not have to close factories.
(b) So that factories never had to change products.
(c) So that consumers would have to continue to purchase new products.
(d) So that landfills did not get too full.

2. Which chemical is forbidden to use in the United States in rubber products?
(a) Benzene.
(b) Petroleum.
(c) Lithium.
(d) Nitrogen.

3. Where does Bill go to study?
(a) New York.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Israel.
(d) Jordan.

4. What do the authors mean by designing products for worst-case scenarios?
(a) Making products that are recyclable.
(b) Making products that work only in ideal circumstances.
(c) Making products so that they never wear out.
(d) Making products so that they work in the most difficult of circumstances.

5. What words best describe the environment that Michael grows up in?
(a) Philosophical.
(b) Scientific.
(c) Communist.
(d) Violent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill finally realize about design?

2. What is the general definition of "sick building syndrome"?

3. What is Bill's occupation?

4. Why is goat hair a good material for the Bedouin tents?

5. All of the following are problems presented by monoculture crops, except which statement?

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