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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Waste Equals Food.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What product do the authors use as an example of designing for specific instead of general use?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Cars.
(c) Soap.
(d) Airplanes.

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

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

4. What does Bill find inspiring about the environment that he grows up in?
(a) The environment is dirty and polluted.
(b) He learns from many famous mathematicians.
(c) Everywhere there are many beautiful and well-designed items.
(d) He eats many recyclable foods.

5. Which of the following is an example of how the natural world replenishes itself?
(a) Cherry blossoms falling from the tree.
(b) Catching fish with nets.
(c) Caribou migrations.
(d) Monoculture crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Industrial Revolution functions on the idea of brute force. What is meant by this phrase as used by the authors?

2. Which word best describes how ants are viewed by the authors?

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

4. In general, the authors believe that a roof should:

5. What do materials become in upcycling?

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