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

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)?
(a) A graph.
(b) A set of scales.
(c) An axis.
(d) A chart.

3. One of the companies in Texas that sells apocalyptic dwellings is called Trident what?
(a) Valley.
(b) Market.
(c) Lakes.
(d) Views.

4. From what type of tree were the seeds discussed by Caroline in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?
(a) Aspen.
(b) Yew.
(c) Birch.
(d) Maple.

5. How many days in total did O'Connell spend in Auckland, New Zealand?
(a) 30.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of landmark is Mount Eden, the location to which Anthony took O'Connell immediately upon picking him up at the airport?

2. In Chapter 6: "Under the Hide," O'Connell discusses at length a character called the Lorax, who states that he "speak[s] for the" (132) what?

3. From which country did the monk and activist Thich Nhat Hanh originally hail?

4. What kind of artist was the man who served as O'Connell's son's first example of an auteur?

5. The founder of the American Redoubt movement estimated that the average family in the United States had enough food to last for how long?

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