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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. During O'Connell's study of the doomsday prepping movement, he came to see the movement as "a hysterical symptom of" what "itself" (20)?
(a) America.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Despair.
(d) Paranoia.

2. How many theories does O'Connell have about the correlation between doomsday preppers and their sunglasses?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

4. What new quality does O'Connell ascribe to the modern version of the apocalypse?
(a) Rapidity.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Tenuousness.
(d) Slowness.

5. What is the last name of the man named James Wesley who founded a movement called American Redoubt?
(a) Jones.
(b) Rawles.
(c) Miller.
(d) Dawes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was O'Connell when a family member told him about the nuclear conflict between the United States and Russia?

2. In what year did Doomsday Preppers emerge onto the cultural scene?

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

4. O'Connell wonders how humans are supposed to take what action when we know that we are likely doomed?

5. What does the letter R stand for in the acronym WROL?

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