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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. Which statement best describes the general goal of the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Produce more products to make more money.
(b) Increase prices so there is less demand for products.
(c) Increase production to decrease numbers of workers.
(d) Produce higher quality products.

2. What is the main goal of industry?
(a) Create materials that use exclusively natural resources.
(b) Increase profit and reduce production costs.
(c) Reduce consumer spending and make more eco-efficient products.
(d) Design efficient products that are expensive.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What material is this book made out of?

2. Which is an example of a material that is downcycled?

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

4. Which word describes how industry views efficiency?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the authors suggest for a solution to more efficient home designs, as opposed to the International Style of architecture?

3. Explain how recycling is really downcycling.

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

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

6. Describe how the authors use soap as an example of designing products for "worst-case" scenarios.

7. Describe why the authors warn against too much efficiency in design.

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

9. Explain the focus and attitude of the Industrial Revolution.

10. Name two common household objects and their hidden health effects because of the chemicals they contain.

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