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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a positive change that occurs during the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Workers' wages increase.
(b) Families left their rural farms.
(c) Increased pollution.
(d) Increased use of natural resources.

3. Which words best describe how people view nature during the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Predictable and harmless.
(b) Serene and simple.
(c) Delicate and vulnerable.
(d) Dangerous and brutish.

4. Which product is NOT considered dangerous in the environment?
(a) A chair.
(b) Coffee grounds.
(c) Printer toner.
(d) A computer.

5. What are the Romantic writers inspired by?
(a) Nature.
(b) Citizens.
(c) Government.
(d) Alchemy.

6. What is eco-efficiency?
(a) Taking more from the environment.
(b) Giving industry control.
(c) Expanding ecology and business.
(d) Getting more from less.

7. How does the Exxon Valdez oil spill result in an economic advantage to some companies?
(a) Chemical companies decrease sales in cleaning products.
(b) Companies that invest in Exxon Valdez increase profits.
(c) Local citizen groups raise money by helping with the clean up.
(d) Companies that are associated with the cleanup process increase profits.

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

9. When can PVC, a commonly used plastic in children's playground equipment, be toxic?
(a) When frequently touched or rubbed on the skin.
(b) When heated to high temperatures.
(c) When consumed.
(d) When exposed to carbon dioxide.

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

11. 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) We can blame uneducated consumers for the state of the environment.
(d) It is not completely the consumer's fault for the mass production of environmentally dangerous products.

12. Approximately how many chemicals have been studied for their health effects?
(a) 200.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 5,000.

13. All of the following are problems presented by monoculture crops, except which statement?
(a) Many chemicals are used to control crops.
(b) Causes a decrease in natural soil fertility.
(c) Eliminates the natural genetic diversity within a crop.
(d) Easier to grow and ship crops.

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

15. Which words best describe the focus of production in factories during the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Slow and careful.
(b) Expensive and technical.
(c) Quick and cheap.
(d) Laborious and costly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some unique properties of ink used in printing this book?

2. How must ink be removed from paper in order to recycle the paper?

3. When and where do Bill and Michael meet?

4. Why are pesticides and herbicides commonly used on crops?

5. What is the prediction of Thomas Malthus in the 1800s?

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