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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 difficulty with recycling heavily inked pages?
(a) The ink is easy to remove but damages the pages in the process.
(b) The ink is a common allergen.
(c) The ink is very hard to remove, even if water soluble.
(d) The ink is very toxic if ingested.

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Automobiles are built individually by hand.
(b) The effects of mass production on the environment are not considered.
(c) Factories consume an enormous amount of our natural resources.
(d) Early industrialists do not consider the effects on human health.

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

4. Why is the Titanic a good metaphor for the industrial age?
(a) The Titanic is as big and successful as the industrial age.
(b) Both the Titanic and the industrial age are symbols of strength.
(c) The Titanic is as productive and efficient as the industrial age.
(d) Both the Titanic and the industrial age appear to be a promising endeavor but are doomed to fail in the end.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bill's occupation?

2. What word do the authors use as a realistic alternative to the word "recycling"?

3. Approximately how many chemicals are in use by industry today?

4. All of the following are examples of crude products as defined by the author, except...

5. In what way are chemicals not harmful to human health?

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