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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 do conventional plastic shoes emit every time you walk or run?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Lead.
(c) Water.
(d) Oxygen.

2. How did Henry Ford upcycle his shipping boxes?
(a) He threw them out and made new ones.
(b) He used them to build new homes.
(c) He reused them as floorboards on model-A trucks.
(d) He donated them to be used as fruit crates.

3. What is inefficient about most roofs?
(a) They collapse frequently.
(b) The material is easily replaced.
(c) The material washes away with rain.
(d) They do not insulate the house very well.

4. Which product is a good example of something designed for a throwaway society?
(a) Microwaves.
(b) Running shoes.
(c) Gold jewelry.
(d) Recycled paper.

5. What material can be used to create a well-designed roof?
(a) Aluminum siding.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Sod or grass.
(d) Dry grass and leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of a roof is not desirable to human health?

2. What structural material did McDonough suggest for the Bedouin houses?

3. By what percent has Egypt´s food crops decreased?

4. What does manufacturing need to be based on?

5. What is meant by an "industrial re-evolution"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Egyptian civilization traditionally uses nutrient flows and explain how this has changed in recent times.

2. Describe how most roofing materials are poor designs.

3. Which is more cost effective, large scale power or small scale power? Explain.

4. Describe what modern design and architecture does to the landscape.

5. Explain and give an example of what the authors mean by products that are "monstrous hybrids".

6. What do the authors suggest we do so that our products resemble the diversity present in the natural world?

7. Describe some good examples of useful packaging.

8. Explain how ants are a model for positive design that contributes to the environment.

9. Describe how our water supply is affected by the "throwaway" mentality.

10. Explain why the authors find the cherry tree an inspiration for new industrial designs.

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