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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. What kind of emaciated animal was featured in the video O'Connell describes?
(a) A polar bear.
(b) A penguin.
(c) An elephant.
(d) An ostrich.

2. How many practical guidebooks about preparing for the end of the world did O'Connell read during his long period of study?
(a) Dozens.
(b) Scores.
(c) None.
(d) A handful.

3. When Chapter 1: Tribulations opens, O'Connell describes watching what type of television show with his son?
(a) Mysteries.
(b) Telenovellas.
(c) News.
(d) Cartoons.

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

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

Short Answer 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)?

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

3. O'Connell claims that doomsday preppers and their actions are completely devoid of which human element?

4. What primary emotion did O'Connell feel when he watched the video of the emaciated animal?

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

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