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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Waste Equals Food.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the problem with recycling as we know it?
(a) Recycling means losing more money to better technology.
(b) Recycling means using the materials in a way they were not intended.
(c) Recycling means using inferior products.
(d) Recycling means eating old food.

2. What do the authors claim is the key problem in recycling products?
(a) The energy spent in recycling is always decreasing.
(b) More people prefer new products to recycled ones.
(c) The chemicals used in recycling are consumer-friendly.
(d) More chemicals and energy must be used in recycling products than in creating new ones.

3. What can we do with materials that cannot be safely recycled?
(a) Use them for other products.
(b) Recycle them, even though they release toxic chemicals.
(c) Save them until we have the technology to recycle them safely.
(d) Break them down into small pieces and dispose of them properly.

4. What product do the authors use as an example of designing for specific instead of general use?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Soap.
(c) Cars.
(d) Airplanes.

5. What does Bill finally realize about design?
(a) That it is more than trying to overcome bad things.
(b) That it is a poor business if you want to make money.
(c) That it is an impossible task.
(d) That it is the wrong career for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Henry Ford upcycle his shipping boxes?

2. Which is an example of a product that is difficult to recycle?

3. What do the authors mean by designing products for worst-case scenarios?

4. In what way are chemicals not harmful to human health?

5. The authors claim that too much efficiency can result in what?

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