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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. How many practical guidebooks about preparing for the end of the world did O'Connell read during his long period of study?
(a) None.
(b) A handful.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Scores.

2. What word or phrase has continued to be googled more and more often over time, according to O'Connell?
(a) Looming crisis.
(b) Help.
(c) Climate change.
(d) Meme.

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

4. At what location did Elon Musk speak alongside his son on a television show seen by O'Connell?
(a) The Kennedy Space Station.
(b) Cape Canaveral.
(c) The Washington Monument.
(d) The Great Pyramids.

5. What is the first name of Vicino, the man O'Connell calls a real estate magnate for the end of days?
(a) Steven.
(b) Robert.
(c) Michael.
(d) Taylor.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Ghost Dance described in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" was intended to consume which group of people?

2. What noun does O'Connell use to describe the unrelenting nature of the modern version of the apocalypse?

3. In what branch of the military did the founder of the American Redoubt movement serve?

4. O'Connell states that when he thought about his son and his future, he felt a deep sense of what emotion?

5. Which annual gathering of the Mars Society did O'Connell attend in Los Angeles?

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