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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Respect Diversity.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are car parts difficult to recycle?
(a) It is difficult to separate paint from car body parts, so it is impossible to recover the steel.
(b) It is very difficult to melt down steel.
(c) It is almost impossible to disassemble the body parts.
(d) The body parts have many toxic chemicals that are dangerous in the recycling process.

3. What is Silent Spring to educate the public about specifically?
(a) The harmony between industry and society.
(b) The difficulties in recycling organic materials.
(c) The dangers of DDT in the environment.
(d) The Industrial Revolution and its destruction of a romantic society.

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

5. What would NOT be a characteristic of a building inspired by the cherry tree?
(a) It would be efficient and pleasant to work in at the same time.
(b) It would let in daylight.
(c) It would be sealed off from the environment.
(d) The windows would be open.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is meant by an "industrial re-evolution"?

4. Which of the following can pass into drinking water?

5. What do the authors mean by "one size fits all"?

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