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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. Participants in the Ghost Dance are said to have believed that their dancing would hasten which event?
(a) The end of the world.
(b) A rainstorm.
(c) The collection of wealth.
(d) Human flight.

2. How old was O'Connell's son at the time of the events described in Chapter 1: Tribulations?
(a) 3.
(b) 11.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

3. What was the name of the luxury apocalyptic compound O'Connell visited?
(a) XPoint.
(b) MPoint.
(c) LPoint.
(d) QPoint.

4. Which family member told O'Connell all about the nuclear conflict between Russia and the United States?
(a) His father.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His brother.

5. O'Connell states that as a parent, he feels "a moral duty to be deluded about" (4) what?
(a) The battle between good and evil.
(b) The future.
(c) World peace.
(d) Financial solvency.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many days in total did O'Connell spend in Auckland, New Zealand?

4. Chapter 3: Luxury Survival describes O'Connell's trip to which state?

5. O'Connell discusses a piece of media called Doomsday Preppers. What was it?

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