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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 of the following statements best describes natural systems?
(a) Natural systems cannot recycle nutrients or materials.
(b) Natural systems always go through a series of devolutions.
(c) Natural systems take things from the environment but always give back.
(d) Natural systems waste more energy than industrial systems.

2. What material is the book itself made of?
(a) Rice paper.
(b) Recycled paper.
(c) Recycled milk cartons.
(d) An easily recyclable polymer, not paper.

3. What structural material did McDonough suggest for the Bedouin houses?
(a) Adobe structures.
(b) Nylon tents.
(c) Wood and glass structures.
(d) Concrete structures.

4. Which product is an example of a monstrous hybrid, as the authors describe it?
(a) Running shoes.
(b) Wood tables and chairs.
(c) Plastic Tupperware.
(d) Hardcover books.

5. Which statement most accurately reflects the authors' ideas?
(a) Our industry is best when we accommodate worker equity.
(b) Our industry is best when it uses more simple designs on a larger scale.
(c) Our products are best when consumers can afford them.
(d) Our products and processes are best when they most resemble the natural world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to agriculture in the Americas?

2. What do the authors suggest in terms of location and size of power plants?

3. Which of the following is a true statement?

4. How can industry model nature?

5. Which word best describes how ants are viewed by the authors?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how sewage systems can be improved.

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

3. How are the materials used to make the book Cradle to Cradle different than a typical bookstore book?

4. Explain why contamination is so permanent on the planet.

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

6. Describe what the authors suggest we do with products that produce toxic chemicals when they are recycled.

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

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

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

10. Describe some good examples of useful packaging.

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