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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. In the authors' opinion, what should factories do?
(a) Help reduce consumption of resources no matter what the effect on profits.
(b) Help industry implement new technology.
(c) Help people, nourish the environment, and produce good materials.
(d) Help consumers save money and produce efficient energy.

2. How does the cherry tree contribute positively to its environment?
(a) It provides shaded areas that reduce air conditioning costs.
(b) It provides fruit and cleans both the water and air.
(c) It provides a good source of paper pulp.
(d) It provides industry with many of the chemicals necessary for paper production.

3. What do the authors design for Herman Miller?
(a) Athletic shoes.
(b) Downtown lofts.
(c) Suburban shopping mall.
(d) A furniture factory.

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

5. What happens to agriculture in the Americas?
(a) It becomes an unsustainable design.
(b) It becomes a system modeled after early nomads.
(c) It creates new ways to nurture crops.
(d) It creates a system to replenish the soil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements best describes natural systems?

2. Why aren't cherry trees wasteful?

3. How can industry model nature?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe how most roofing materials are poor designs.

4. Explain the idea of "devolution."

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

6. What are some advantages of designing homes with local materials?

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

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

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

10. Give two examples of local cooling power.

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