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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. Chapter 3: Luxury Survival describes O'Connell's trip to which state?
(a) Utah.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) South Dakota.
(d) Ohio.

2. Around the time depicted in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival, the United States and which country were at odds around nuclear weapons?
(a) North Korea.
(b) Russia.
(c) Iran.
(d) Turkey.

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

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

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. When Chapter 5: Off-World Colony begins, O'Connell discusses an episode of which television show?

2. O'Connell wonders how humans are supposed to take what action when we know that we are likely doomed?

3. In what year did Doomsday Preppers exit the cultural scene?

4. O'Connell concludes in Chapter 2: Preparations that rather than preparing for their fears, doomsday preppers are preparing for their what?

5. Which family member told O'Connell all about the nuclear conflict between Russia and the United States?

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