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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bill go to study?

2. Which words best describes a material that has been downcycled?

3. What is the goal of Bill and Michael's new company?

4. What is the goal of Germany's Green Party?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe why the authors warn against too much efficiency in design.

2. Describe why many materials cannot be recycled into a product of equal quality as the original material.

3. List three examples of how a focus on efficiency in design can have negative consequences.

4. Describe why books are traditionally difficult to recycle and how this book itself is a more positive design.

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

6. Explain and give an example of how the Industrial Revolution intended to make more and more money.

7. What do the authors suggest for a solution to more efficient home designs, as opposed to the International Style of architecture?

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

9. Name two common household objects and their hidden health effects because of the chemicals they contain.

10. Describe the arguments against the Industrial Revolution throughout its history.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a three-part essay to explain how housing designs can be improved to be more eco-effective.

Part 1. Describe examples from around the world that show how homes can be cooled and insulated with little or no energy consumption.

Part 2. Describe the suggestions that the authors explain for insulation, heating, and cooling designs.

Part 3. Explain how roof tops can be improved to be better insulators and reduce energy needs in the home.

Essay Topic 2

Define, describe, and give examples to explain the difference between the design philosophies of cradle to grave versus cradle to cradle.

Essay Topic 3

Write a three-part essay to summarize the problems with the current trend in designing crude products.

Part 1. Describe what the authors mean by "crude products." Why do the authors consider these designs to be unintelligent and inelegant?

Part 2. Explain what the authors suggest should be the basis to design, instead of inventing more crude products.

Part 3. Describe how soaps and detergents are crude products that need an improvement in their design. How can we improve soaps and detergents?

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