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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. O'Connell discusses going to what type of location called Alladale?
(a) A fish ladder.
(b) A wilderness reserve.
(c) A planetarium.
(d) A reservoir.

2. O'Connell declares in Chapter 1: Tribulations that "the last remaining truth is the supreme fiction of" (4) what?
(a) Money.
(b) Time.
(c) Country.
(d) Individual identity.

3. O'Connell links the boy and the old man described in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" and imagines that there is "some vast collective of lone" what kind of "dancers" (131)?
(a) Esoteric.
(b) Metaphysical.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Erroneous.

4. O'Connell claims that doomsday preppers and their actions are completely devoid of which human element?
(a) Anger.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Altruism.
(d) Tranquility.

5. What kind of emaciated animal was featured in the video O'Connell describes?
(a) A polar bear.
(b) A penguin.
(c) An elephant.
(d) An ostrich.

Short Answer Questions

1. People from what area of the world appear to be buying up large swaths of land in New Zealand?

2. What adjective does O'Connell use in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" to describe the shape of the traditional Ghost Dance?

3. In what month did O'Connell arrive at the airport where his friend Anthony then picked him up?

4. The movement of artists discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide" believe that what element has returned to humankind and has ruined our world?

5. When Chapter 1: Tribulations opens, O'Connell describes watching what type of television show with his son?

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