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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What words best describe the environment that Michael grows up in?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Communist.
(c) Violent.
(d) Philosophical.

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

3. What is Bill's final solution to creating "less bad" design?
(a) To recreate old designs to be "less bad."
(b) To be positive about creating old designs.
(c) To be completely positive in creating new designs.
(d) To give up architecture and design.

4. What health problems can be caused by high levels of contaminants in a normal household?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Liver and brain cancer.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Asthma and allergies.

5. What is a monoculture?
(a) A single crop grown year after year in the area.
(b) A crop that is superior to other crops.
(c) Multiple crops grown in a single area.
(d) A crop that is more environmentally friendly than other crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main goal of industry?

2. What statement best describes how the authors feel about consumerism?

3. What is one problem with recycled paper?

4. Which statement best describes the general goal of the Industrial Revolution?

5. What do the authors mean by designing products for worst-case scenarios?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe one of Bill and Michael's ideas for completely positive design.

2. Describe why books are traditionally difficult to recycle and how this book itself is a more positive design.

3. Explain what the authors mean by "brute force."

4. Describe the vision that both Bill and Michael have for the future of the environment.

5. Explain how you could be breathing benzene fumes from your treadmill even though benzene is forbidden for use in rubber products in the United States.

6. Describe how Michael ends up working for the German Environmental Protection Agency.

7. Describe the idea of eco-efficiency and how it proposes to solve the industry, consumer, and environment problems.

8. What challenges does Michael face while working for the Environmental Protection Agency?

9. Explain one example of how recycling is really downcycling of materials.

10. Describe the arguments against the Industrial Revolution throughout its history.

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