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

2. What adjective does O'Connell use to describe the effect of the online discourse on reality?
(a) Flattening.
(b) Streamlining.
(c) Burrowing.
(d) Burning.

3. The founder of the American Redoubt movement estimated that the average family in the United States had enough food to last for how long?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

4. O'Connell acknowledges in Chapter 1: Tribulations that which of his own actions hastens the end of the world?
(a) Study.
(b) Introspection.
(c) Medical care.
(d) Travel.

5. O'Connell wonders how humans are supposed to take what action when we know that we are likely doomed?
(a) To laugh.
(b) To breathe easily.
(c) To live.
(d) To smile.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which century did St. Augustine write that the earliest followers of Jesus believed that the end of the world was near?

2. In Chapter 2: Preparations, O'Connell recalls a period of time when he often muttered which word to himself throughout each day?

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

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

5. O'Connell depicts a time when he investigated a special niche of what sector?

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