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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which phrase describes the authors' view on efficiency?
(a) That it focuses on positive designs.
(b) That it contributes to natural systems.
(c) That it focuses on "less bad" designs.
(d) That it creates worker equity.

2. The authors claim that too much efficiency can result in what?
(a) Profits.
(b) Energy loss.
(c) Quality products.
(d) Danger.

3. What happens when garbage is incinerated?
(a) It is easier to recycle.
(b) It releases many toxic chemicals into the air.
(c) It becomes a more useful material.
(d) It is compacted into smaller areas.

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

5. What is one problem with recycled paper?
(a) It still contains the ink marks from the original paper.
(b) It contains a higher level of toxins after the recycling process.
(c) It has stains from the bleaching process.
(d) It can cause blindness if consumed in large quantities.

6. In what way are chemicals not harmful to human health?
(a) They can change our genetic structure.
(b) They can be developed to have a positive environmental effect.
(c) They can weaken the immune system.
(d) They can be cancer-causing.

7. What is problematic about the attitude of design and production during the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Materials are recyclable.
(b) All material is eventually wasted.
(c) Landfills are too full to be used.
(d) Production is too expensive to make good money.

8. What is the goal of Germany's Green Party?
(a) To change the outcome of bipartisan elections.
(b) To make decisions and policies that are environmentally friendly.
(c) To make Germany a world super power.
(d) To create a government that is pointed towards industry.

9. How must ink be removed from paper in order to recycle the paper?
(a) The paper must be bleached.
(b) Paper cannot be recycled.
(c) Inks can be removed with hot water and soap.
(d) Very expensive chemicals must be used to remove inks.

10. How have companies responded to the concerns of the public over the decades?
(a) They have ignored public opinion.
(b) They have given more control to governments.
(c) They have tried to improve their production for less toxicity and better use of materials
(d) They have increased the toxicity chemicals used in production.

11. Which words best describes a material that has been downcycled?
(a) Inferior and inefficient.
(b) Organic and beneficial.
(c) Quality and efficient.
(d) Intelligent and elegant.

12. Which word describes how industry views efficiency?
(a) Cumbersome.
(b) Losses.
(c) Profits.
(d) Equity.

13. Which products are the best examples of the brute force mentality?
(a) Children's toys.
(b) Cookware.
(c) Petrochemicals and coal.
(d) Pet foods.

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

15. What is the problem with recycling as we know it?
(a) Recycling means eating old food.
(b) Recycling means using the materials in a way they were not intended.
(c) Recycling means losing more money to better technology.
(d) Recycling means using inferior products.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is an example of too much focus on efficiency?

2. What is the authors' point in opening the introduction by discussing common household products?

3. What do the authors claim is flawed about architecture made with the International Style?

4. What does Michael chose for a professional career?

5. Which of the following is not a goal of eco-efficiency?

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