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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. How do the Chinese traditionally maintain nutrients to their rice patties?
(a) By damming rivers to dry their fields every winter.
(b) By fertilizing fields every spring.
(c) By adding their household wastes to the fields.
(d) By recycling plastic bottles and aluminum cans.

2. What is another reason to build using local materials?
(a) It increases profits for importers.
(b) It encourages devolution.
(c) It stops exportation of local goods.
(d) It prevents invasive, non-native species from entering the area.

3. What is critically important to agriculture in Egypt?
(a) Importing fertilizers.
(b) Temperature fluctuations in valley regions.
(c) The flooding of the Nile river valley.
(d) Sufficient rain and humidity.

4. Where is there a positive example of a sewage treatment facility?
(a) Rio de Janeiro.
(b) Seattle.
(c) New York City.
(d) London.

5. What do the authors mean by "one size fits all"?
(a) To describe the modern design for running shoes.
(b) To describe the result of recycling materials.
(c) To describe how third-world countries design houses.
(d) To describe a decrease in diversity cause by modern industry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technology could a roof top use to lessen energy needs?

2. What do the authors suggest we do about waste from sewage plants?

3. How are ants a good source of inspiration for positive design?

4. What do materials become in upcycling?

5. What does manufacturing need to be based on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the ideal design for a roof.

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

3. Explain the idea of "devolution."

4. Describe the qualities a building would provide if its design were based on a cherry tree. For example, would it be dark or light inside, warm or cold, etc?

5. Explain what the authors mean by a "throwaway society."

6. Describe how the design of detergents and soaps can be improved for consumer use, the environment, and business.

7. How does the cherry tree model for industrial design differ from the current model of industrial design?

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

9. Describe how most roofing materials are poor designs.

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

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