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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the wealthy business owners were fleeing the country right after Independence, what was the Ecotopian government forced to do?
(a) Capture them.
(b) Take over those businesses.
(c) Exile them permanently.
(d) Barricade their borders.

2. In what aspects of his life does Weston experience change through his visit to Ecotopia?
(a) All.
(b) Intellectual only.
(c) Spiritual only.
(d) Physical only.

3. What is the language, in addition to English, spoken in the area occupied by mostly black people in Ecotopia?
(a) French.
(b) Urdu.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Swahili.

4. What do the children do with the money they earn during work?
(a) Buy seedlings.
(b) Buy food for their animals.
(c) Anything they want.
(d) Buy new shoes.

5. How do the people, on average, in Ecotopia compare in health to Americans?
(a) Less healthy.
(b) Same.
(c) More healthy.
(d) Overweight.

6. What kind of work do prisoners in Ecotopia do?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Electrical work.
(c) Plumbing.
(d) Ordinary jobs.

7. What is NOT a popular artistic form in Ecotopia?
(a) Sculpting.
(b) Writing.
(c) Magic.
(d) Dancing.

8. What are the health care professionals in Ecotopia NOT like?
(a) Dedicated.
(b) Primitive.
(c) Professional.
(d) Well trained.

9. What shocks Weston about violent crime sentences in Ecotopia?
(a) Their lightness.
(b) Their duration.
(c) Their severity.
(d) Their brevity.

10. What is different about television stations in Ecotopia?
(a) They are very small.
(b) They are huge.
(c) They are decentralized.
(d) They are stratified.

11. After a bitter political struggle, what were the black areas and Chinatown designated as within Ecotopia?
(a) Municipalities.
(b) Counties.
(c) City-states.
(d) Parks.

12. What kinds of groups are favored by Ecotopian law?
(a) Private wealthy citizens.
(b) Small entrepreneurial.
(c) Big business.
(d) Autocratic ex-military.

13. What do the segments that Weston sees at the factory resemble parts of?
(a) A flying buttress.
(b) A ship's deck.
(c) An airplane cabin.
(d) A Gothic cathedral.

14. What does Weston think about the air and water in Ecotopia?
(a) Dirtier than in America.
(b) Cleaner than in America.
(c) Costlier than in America.
(d) Cheaper than in America.

15. What is often extended intentionally to workers in Ecotopia?
(a) Unemployment.
(b) Lack of job training.
(c) Competitiveness.
(d) Immigration.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the children arrive at the school that Weston visits in the minicity?

2. What practice do most health professionals in Ecotopia have as part of their training that is not similar to their counterparts in America?

3. How does the Ecotopian worker work differently from others in business or jobs?

4. What is the only piece of equipment that Ecotopians use that is similar to American health care professionals in communication?

5. What does the politician describe the Ecotopian government as having that the American government lacks?

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