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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 noun does O'Connell use to describe the unrelenting nature of the modern version of the apocalypse?
(a) Flames.
(b) Waves.
(c) Circles of hell.
(d) Horsemen.

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

3. In what year did Doomsday Preppers exit the cultural scene?
(a) 2019.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2016.

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

5. O'Connell declares in Chapter 1: Tribulations that "the last remaining truth is the supreme fiction of" (4) what?
(a) Money.
(b) Individual identity.
(c) Country.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Chapter 1: Tribulations opens, O'Connell describes watching what type of television show with his son?

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

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

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

5. How many theories does O'Connell have about the correlation between doomsday preppers and their sunglasses?

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