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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. In Chapter 1: Tribulations, O'Connell asserts that his carbon footprint is as deep and wide as his what?
(a) His despair.
(b) His pride.
(c) His guilt.
(d) His privilege.

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

3. At what location did Elon Musk speak alongside his son on a television show seen by O'Connell?
(a) The Washington Monument.
(b) The Great Pyramids.
(c) The Kennedy Space Station.
(d) Cape Canaveral.

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

5. What new quality does O'Connell ascribe to the modern version of the apocalypse?
(a) Tenuousness.
(b) Slowness.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Rapidity.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what altitude did the compound lie that O'Connell visited during his investigation of luxury apocalyptic dwellings?

2. How many practical guidebooks about preparing for the end of the world did O'Connell read during his long period of study?

3. O'Connell discusses a piece of media called Doomsday Preppers. What was it?

4. People from what area of the world appear to be buying up large swaths of land in New Zealand?

5. For what length of time did O'Connell immerse himself in the online world of doomsday prepping?

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