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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. What is a positive change that occurs during the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Increased use of natural resources.
(b) Families left their rural farms.
(c) Increased pollution.
(d) Workers' wages increase.

2. What word do the authors use as a realistic alternative to the word "recycling"?
(a) Downcycling.
(b) Chemcycling.
(c) Toxicycle.
(d) Evolution.

3. What is the problem with recycling as we know it?
(a) Recycling means using inferior products.
(b) Recycling means eating old food.
(c) Recycling means using the materials in a way they were not intended.
(d) Recycling means losing more money to better technology.

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

5. What is an example of Bill and Michael's unique ideas for design?
(a) A computer that runs on refillable corn oil fuel.
(b) A chair made entirely of wood products.
(c) A biodegradable soda bottle with a seed implanted in it.
(d) A miniature solar panel that can power an entire house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Bill's occupation?

3. What does the owner of Ciba-Geigy encourage Michael to do?

4. What is the goal of Germany's Green Party?

5. What does Bill finally realize about design?

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