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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Respect Diversity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the authors' point for why import laws need to be changed?
(a) Because they over-tax products that are made from animals.
(b) Because they are hurting the economy.
(c) Because they allow the import of goods that are of very low quality but a lower price than American products.
(d) Because they permit the import of goods whose manufacturing process is environmentally unsound.

2. Which of the following materials is NOT considered a good insulator against climate?
(a) Glass.
(b) Sod.
(c) Adobe.
(d) Goat hair.

3. Which statement below would be a good title for this section of the book?
(a) How to make successful designs for the Earth and its people.
(b) How to use the environment for the benefit of business.
(c) How to make more efficient energy.
(d) How to employ happy workers.

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

5. What do the authors suggest we do about waste from sewage plants?
(a) Allow the sludge to remain at the sewage plant.
(b) Empty the sludge into large lakes or the ocean.
(c) Relocate the sludge to desert areas.
(d) Use the sludge as fertilizer for agriculture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does manufacturing need to be based on?

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

3. Which of the following is not a goal of eco-efficiency?

4. What do the authors design for Herman Miller?

5. In this section what do the authors wish to encourage?

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