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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Why Being Less Bad is No Good.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word best describes the authors' goal in design?
(a) Positive.
(b) Forceful.
(c) Efficient.
(d) Useful.

2. Where does Bill grow up?
(a) Korea.
(b) Japan.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Germany.

3. Which words best describes a material that has been downcycled?
(a) Inferior and inefficient.
(b) Intelligent and elegant.
(c) Organic and beneficial.
(d) Quality and efficient.

4. What statement best describes how the authors feel about consumerism?
(a) It is the fault of an education system that does not teach good consumerism.
(b) It is not completely the consumer's fault for the mass production of environmentally dangerous products.
(c) We can blame our children for our own consumerism.
(d) We can blame uneducated consumers for the state of the environment.

5. What phrase do the authors use to describe the attitude during the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Grave to grave.
(b) Cradle to grave.
(c) Cradle to cradle.
(d) Grave to cradle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How must ink be removed from paper in order to recycle the paper?

2. All of the following are examples of crude products as defined by the author, except...

3. What typically happens when materials are downcycled?

4. Which statement is the best explanation for why sports shoes are produced outside the U.S.?

5. What do the authors claim is the key problem in recycling products?

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