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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 product do the authors use as an example of designing for specific instead of general use?
(a) Airplanes.
(b) Cars.
(c) Soap.
(d) Shoes.

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

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

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

5. What does Bill find inspiring about the environment that he grows up in?
(a) He eats many recyclable foods.
(b) The environment is dirty and polluted.
(c) He learns from many famous mathematicians.
(d) Everywhere there are many beautiful and well-designed items.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the authors' point for why import laws need to be changed?

2. What is one problem with recycled paper?

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

4. What is Bill's final solution to creating "less bad" design?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how recycling is problematic and a poor solution to positive design.

2. Explain how recycling is really downcycling.

3. What do the authors mean by "crude product"? Also, give an example.

4. Explain why the authors say that eco-efficiency is not possible.

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

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

7. Describe how early industrialists considered nature and the environment.

8. Describe Bill's experience in Jordan as a student and what he is inspired by.

9. Describe why many materials cannot be recycled into a product of equal quality as the original material.

10. Compare the ideas of less-bad and completely positive design.

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