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

2. When can PVC, a commonly used plastic in children's playground equipment, be toxic?
(a) When heated to high temperatures.
(b) When consumed.
(c) When exposed to carbon dioxide.
(d) When frequently touched or rubbed on the skin.

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

4. What is the authors' point in opening the introduction by discussing common household products?
(a) Commonplace objects appear safe but are very dangerous once they are waste in the environment.
(b) Commonplace objects are dangerous for children.
(c) Household objects are dangerous because they are very flammable.
(d) Cleaning products are very dangerous in and out of the home.

5. Why does Michael tether himself to the smoke stacks at Ciba-Geigy?
(a) To protest the fur industry and the use of chemicals on animals.
(b) To bring attention to a chemical spill caused by the company, Ciba-Geigy.
(c) To compete his experiment on the effects of toxic waste on the human body.
(d) To blame consumers for the large amount of toxins in the environment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do products with toxic materials end up getting sold to consumers in the United States?

2. What is a positive change that occurs during the Industrial Revolution?

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

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

5. Which product is NOT considered dangerous in the environment?

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