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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Respect Diversity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the authors mean by a throwaway society?
(a) Government sponsors companies that reduce waste production.
(b) Consumers are accustomed to throwing out the old and buying new.
(c) Volunteers that pick up waste along the highways.
(d) Industry designs products to be recycled.

2. Which product is an example of a monstrous hybrid, as the authors describe it?
(a) Hardcover books.
(b) Wood tables and chairs.
(c) Plastic Tupperware.
(d) Running shoes.

3. Why aren't cherry trees wasteful?
(a) They do not require many resources to live.
(b) All of their blossoms are decomposed when they are spent and fall to the ground.
(c) They create many blossoms that do not produce fruit.
(d) All of the leaves are eaten by herbivores every autumn.

4. Approximately how many chemicals are in use by industry today?
(a) 500.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 80,000.
(d) 10,000.

5. What are the Romantic writers inspired by?
(a) Government.
(b) Citizens.
(c) Alchemy.
(d) Nature.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the authors claim is flawed about architecture made with the International Style?

3. In the authors' opinion, what should factories do?

4. Which of the following is not a goal of eco-efficiency?

5. What do the authors design for Herman Miller?

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