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

2. In which century did St. Augustine write that the earliest followers of Jesus believed that the end of the world was near?
(a) The 5th.
(b) The 3rd.
(c) The 13th.
(d) The 9th.

3. What does the letter R stand for in the acronym WROL?
(a) Radius.
(b) Ratio.
(c) Rule.
(d) Regression.

4. What group of people uses the term "bug-out bag" (19)?
(a) Artists.
(b) Entymologists.
(c) Vegans.
(d) Preppers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The founder of the American Redoubt movement wrote what kind of publication?

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

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

4. What kind of emaciated animal was featured in the video O'Connell describes?

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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