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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Luxury Survival, Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole, and Chapter 5: Off-World Colony.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many theories does O'Connell have about the correlation between doomsday preppers and their sunglasses?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. What role did Elon Musk play in the emergence of the company called SpaceX?
(a) Director.
(b) Founder.
(c) CEO.
(d) Investor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does O'Connell use to describe the effect of the online discourse on reality?

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

3. What is the last name of the man named James Wesley who founded a movement called American Redoubt?

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

5. The founder of the American Redoubt movement estimated that the average family in the United States had enough food to last for how long?

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