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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Luxury Survival, Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole, and Chapter 5: Off-World Colony.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Texas alone, there are how many purveyors of luxury apocalyptic dwellings?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

2. Chapter 3: Luxury Survival describes O'Connell's trip to which state?
(a) Ohio.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) Utah.
(d) New Mexico.

3. Which annual gathering of the Mars Society did O'Connell attend in Los Angeles?
(a) The 13th.
(b) The 45th.
(c) The 21st.
(d) The 16th.

4. O'Connell depicts a time when he investigated a special niche of what sector?
(a) Travel.
(b) Banking.
(c) Investment.
(d) Real estate.

5. The photograph O'Connell discusses in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival depicts what type of sport being played amidst a forest fire?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Diving.
(d) Golf.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During O'Connell's study of the doomsday prepping movement, he came to see the movement as "a hysterical symptom of" what "itself" (20)?

3. What primary emotion did O'Connell feel when he watched the video of the emaciated animal?

4. O'Connell recalls looking at what type of object over his son's head while also watching television with him?

5. How many practical guidebooks about preparing for the end of the world did O'Connell read during his long period of study?

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