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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. For what purpose did Caroline plan to use the seeds in the wooden box if the need arose?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Anesthetic.
(c) Diuretic.
(d) Pain-reliever.

2. What kind of artist was the man who served as O'Connell's son's first example of an auteur?
(a) A film director.
(b) A painter.
(c) A choreographer.
(d) A writer.

3. What is NOT a quality O'Connell attributes to the old man he saw dancing while stopped at a red light in Glendale?
(a) An earring.
(b) A beard.
(c) Long hair.
(d) A pair of headphones.

4. For what length of time did O'Connell immerse himself in the online world of doomsday prepping?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 months.

5. How does O'Connell describe Caroline's position?
(a) Singer.
(b) Academic.
(c) Artist.
(d) Professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word or phrase has continued to be googled more and more often over time, according to O'Connell?

2. The movement of artists O'Connell discusses believes that what item assuming continual progress of humankind over time "has been fatally undermined in our time" (143)?

3. O'Connell states at the end of Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" that "from the Native point of view," what "was in any case a matter of historical record" (131)?

4. In what decade of life was Anthony at the time he fetched O'Connell from the airport near his home?

5. In what year did Doomsday Preppers emerge onto the cultural scene?

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