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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Tribulations and Chapter 2: Preparations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what branch of the military did the founder of the American Redoubt movement serve?
(a) Coast Guard.
(b) Army.
(c) Navy.
(d) Air Force.

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

3. In the book How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It, Rawles predicts the collapse of all but which of the following entities?
(a) The family.
(b) The economy.
(c) The nation-state.
(d) Civilization itself.

4. What primary emotion did O'Connell feel when he watched the video of the emaciated animal?
(a) Trepidation.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Regret.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what length of time did O'Connell immerse himself in the online world of doomsday prepping?

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

3. O'Connell states that as a parent, he feels "a moral duty to be deluded about" (4) what?

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

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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