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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Under the Hide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did O'Connell attend a gathering of the Mars Society at the Pasadena Convention Center?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2018.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2015.

2. The Lorax and his story has led to many bedtime conversations between O'Connell and his son about which topic?
(a) The nature of consumer desire.
(b) The nature of racism.
(c) The nature of exclusivity.
(d) The nature of obsession.

3. Caroline lives on a house boat along which river, according to O'Connell?
(a) The Snake.
(b) The Thames.
(c) The Mississippi.
(d) The Rhine.

4. To what location did Mark O'Connell travel when he visited a famous set of hills, as described in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival?
(a) Niagara Falls.
(b) The Bermuda Triangle.
(c) The Mojave Desert.
(d) The Black Hills.

5. What role did Elon Musk play in the emergence of the company called SpaceX?
(a) Founder.
(b) Director.
(c) CEO.
(d) Investor.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Connell acknowledges in Chapter 1: Tribulations that which of his own actions hastens the end of the world?

2. What is the name of the artist who served as O'Connell's son's first example of an auteur?

3. What action does O'Connell name as the one that launched him "on a course of alternate hopefulness and despair" (167)?

4. How many people attended the retreat at Alladale in total?

5. O'Connell spent a week at Alladale in the spring of which year?

(see the answer key)

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