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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. At what altitude did the compound lie that O'Connell visited during his investigation of luxury apocalyptic dwellings?
(a) 3,800 feet.
(b) 1,600 feet.
(c) 700 feet.
(d) 2,400 feet.

2. To what location did Mark O'Connell travel when he visited a famous set of hills, as described in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival?
(a) Niagara Falls.
(b) The Mojave Desert.
(c) The Black Hills.
(d) The Bermuda Triangle.

3. O'Connell states that when he thought about his son and his future, he felt a deep sense of what emotion?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Bewilderment.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Despair.

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

5. What kind of emaciated animal was featured in the video O'Connell describes?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A polar bear.
(c) A penguin.
(d) An ostrich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new quality does O'Connell ascribe to the modern version of the apocalypse?

2. In the book How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It, Rawles predicts the collapse of all but which of the following entities?

3. Upon seeing an old man dancing in Glendale, O'Connell thinks about a boy he had seen dancing by the river in which state?

4. In what decade of life was Anthony at the time he fetched O'Connell from the airport near his home?

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

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