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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. O'Connell wonders how humans are supposed to take what action when we know that we are likely doomed?
(a) To smile.
(b) To laugh.
(c) To live.
(d) To breathe easily.

2. 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) Despair.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Paranoia.

3. In what branch of the military did the founder of the American Redoubt movement serve?
(a) Coast Guard.
(b) Air Force.
(c) Army.
(d) Navy.

4. O'Connell discusses a piece of media called Doomsday Preppers. What was it?
(a) A television show.
(b) A book.
(c) A video game.
(d) A movie.

5. What type of sunglasses does O'Connell associate with the doomsday prepping community?
(a) Aviator.
(b) Wraparound.
(c) Polarized.
(d) Mirrored.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Connell acknowledges in Chapter 1: Tribulations that which of his own actions hastens the end of the world?

2. O'Connell declares in Chapter 1: Tribulations that "the last remaining truth is the supreme fiction of" (4) what?

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

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

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

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