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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, This Book is Not a Tree.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the owner of Ciba-Geigy encourage Michael to do?
(a) Move to the U.S.
(b) Find a real job.
(c) Get an education in manufacturing and work for Ciba-Geigy.
(d) Work for the Environmental Protection Agency.

2. When and where do Bill and Michael meet?
(a) In 1990 at an academic convention in San Diego.
(b) In 2004 at the Democratic convention.
(c) In 1996 on an airplane.
(d) In 1992 at an Earth Summit meeting.

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

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

5. What is the authors' point for why import laws need to be changed?
(a) Because they permit the import of goods whose manufacturing process is environmentally unsound.
(b) Because they over-tax products that are made from animals.
(c) Because they allow the import of goods that are of very low quality but a lower price than American products.
(d) Because they are hurting the economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael chose for a professional career?

2. Where does Bill grow up?

3. What do the authors claim is the key problem in recycling products?

4. What is an example of Bill and Michael's unique ideas for design?

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

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