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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a goal of eco-efficiency?
(a) Use safer chemicals during material production.
(b) Reduce consumption of resources.
(c) Reduce consumer spending.
(d) Increase profits.

2. What do conventional plastic shoes emit every time you walk or run?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Lead.
(c) Water.
(d) Oxygen.

3. What phrase do the authors use to describe the attitude during the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Grave to cradle.
(b) Cradle to cradle.
(c) Cradle to grave.
(d) Grave to grave.

4. Which word best describes the cherry tree model for industrial design?
(a) Cheap.
(b) Efficient.
(c) Nurturing.
(d) Practical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which product is an example of a monstrous hybrid, as the authors describe it?

2. What is the difficulty with recycling heavily inked pages?

3. What is the general definition of "sick building syndrome"?

4. What threatens the soil the most?

5. What is the problem with recycling as we know it?

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