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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a goal of eco-efficiency?
(a) Reduce consumer spending.
(b) Increase profits.
(c) Reduce consumption of resources.
(d) Use safer chemicals during material production.

2. What is the main goal of industry?
(a) Reduce consumer spending and make more eco-efficient products.
(b) Create materials that use exclusively natural resources.
(c) Design efficient products that are expensive.
(d) Increase profit and reduce production costs.

3. In what way are chemicals not harmful to human health?
(a) They can weaken the immune system.
(b) They can be cancer-causing.
(c) They can change our genetic structure.
(d) They can be developed to have a positive environmental effect.

4. What is a potential problem associated with pesticide and herbicide use?
(a) Their chemicals can be recycled.
(b) Their gases can be very explosive.
(c) Their production is very cheap.
(d) Their toxins build up in the environment.

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Industrial Revolution?
(a) Automobiles are built individually by hand.
(b) The effects of mass production on the environment are not considered.
(c) Factories consume an enormous amount of our natural resources.
(d) Early industrialists do not consider the effects on human health.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which words best describe how people view nature during the Industrial Revolution?

2. What is a positive change that occurs during the Industrial Revolution?

3. Who writes Silent Spring?

4. What word best describes the authors' goal in design?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe one of Bill and Michael's ideas for completely positive design.

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

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

4. Describe how early industrialists considered nature and the environment.

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

6. Explain what the authors mean by "brute force."

7. Describe the idea of eco-efficiency and how it proposes to solve the industry, consumer, and environment problems.

8. Describe what causes "sick building syndrome" and name some of the associated health effects.

9. Compare the ideas of less-bad and completely positive design.

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

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