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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why Being Less Bad is No Good.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an alternative solution to using International Style for home design?
(a) Design using old materials that can be recycled.
(b) Design using local resources and products.
(c) Design using new materials and resources.
(d) Design using newer technology for design.

2. What is the goal of Bill and Michael's new company?
(a) Create chemicals for the recycling industry.
(b) Make a new industry on exploiting the natural environment.
(c) Give ideas to manufacturing companies on "less bad" design.
(d) Use models from nature to create healthy, happy design.

3. What statement best describes how the authors feel about consumerism?
(a) It is not completely the consumer's fault for the mass production of environmentally dangerous products.
(b) It is the fault of an education system that does not teach good consumerism.
(c) We can blame uneducated consumers for the state of the environment.
(d) We can blame our children for our own consumerism.

4. 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 very hard to remove, even if water soluble.
(c) The ink is very toxic if ingested.
(d) The ink is a common allergen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The authors claim that too much efficiency can result in what?

2. What does Bill find inspiring about the environment that he grows up in?

3. What are the Romantic writers inspired by?

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

5. Which is an example of a material that is downcycled?

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