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

2. 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 brother.
(d) His father.

3. How old was O'Connell when a family member told him about the nuclear conflict between the United States and Russia?
(a) 11 or 12.
(b) 5 or 6.
(c) 8 or 9.
(d) 13 or 14.

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

5. O'Connell recalls looking at what type of object over his son's head while also watching television with him?
(a) A laptop.
(b) A phone.
(c) A tablet.
(d) A clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was O'Connell's son at the time of the events described in Chapter 1: Tribulations?

2. O'Connell states that when he thought about his son and his future, he felt a deep sense of what emotion?

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

4. In Chapter 1: Tribulations, O'Connell asserts that his carbon footprint is as deep and wide as his what?

5. 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?

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