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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who should be responsible for creating products that support the Earth?

2. What is an example of Bill and Michael's unique ideas for design?

3. What is the goal of Germany's Green Party?

4. What does Paul Erlich write about?

5. Why are books problematic to recycle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe why many materials cannot be recycled into a product of equal quality as the original material.

3. What do the authors mean by "crude product"? Also, give an example.

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

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

6. Explain one example of how recycling is really downcycling of materials.

7. Explain how recycling is really downcycling.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay to explain the problems with current recycling practices. Cover the following three points in your essay.

1. Describe how recycle is inefficient and creates problems with product quality.

2. Describe why more chemicals are needed in recycling than in creating a new product.

3. Give examples of products that are very problematic to recycle.

Essay Topic 2

Industry, government, and consumers are all responsible for putting eco-effectiveness into practice. Explain how each group can contribute to putting eco-effectiveness into practice, and define the responsibilities of people in each group to support eco-effective designs.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the reconstruction design and accomplishments of Ford's River Ridge factory in Dearborn, Michigan. Cover the following points in your writing.

1. Explain how is water used and maintained in and around the factory.

2. Describe how the design is meant to make workers feel.

3. Describe how the design meets the authors' goals of putting eco-effectiveness into practice.

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