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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) Medical care.
(b) Study.
(c) Introspection.
(d) Travel.

2. What adjective does O'Connell use in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" to describe the shape of the traditional Ghost Dance?
(a) Square.
(b) Elliptical.
(c) Rectangular.
(d) Circular.

3. Which family member told O'Connell all about the nuclear conflict between Russia and the United States?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

4. In what year did O'Connell attend a gathering of the Mars Society at the Pasadena Convention Center?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2011.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2018.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Around the time depicted in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival, the United States and which country were at odds around nuclear weapons?

3. What noun does O'Connell use to describe the unrelenting nature of the modern version of the apocalypse?

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

5. The Ghost Dance described in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" was intended to consume which group of people?

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