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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Redness of the Map.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When O'Connell and Dylan took a trip to the Zone, how many permanent residents lived in the Zone?
(a) 4.
(b) 55.
(c) 890.
(d) 140.

3. How many other tour groups did O'Connell's group encounter during the visit to the Zone?
(a) 3 or 4.
(b) 1 or 2.
(c) 8 or 9.
(d) 0.

4. What is the title of the "movement of artists and writers and activists united by the conviction that climate catastrophe was not just real and imminent but also in fact inevitable" (141)?
(a) The Dark Mountain Project.
(b) The Dark Bay Project.
(c) The Dark River Project.
(d) The Dark Forest Project.

5. What kind of landmark is the site described as "the most recognizable landmark" (193) within the Zone?
(a) A ferris wheel.
(b) A rail station.
(c) A prison.
(d) A church.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first weeks of O'Connell's daughter's life, he describes a strange what?

2. Which term, meaning self-settlers, do Ukranians use to designate the remaining permanent residents of the Zone?

3. O'Connell states that the most striking photographs he took during his visit to the Zone featured what type of store?

4. O'Connell notes that for what group of people, "The end of the world is all around" (235)?

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

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