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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. What is the last name of O'Connell's friend Anthony?
(a) Miller.
(b) Boyd.
(c) Michaels.
(d) Byrts.

2. Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole describes O'Connell's arrival in what location?
(a) New York City.
(b) Auckland.
(c) Boston.
(d) Perth.

3. 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?
(a) Civilization itself.
(b) The economy.
(c) The family.
(d) The nation-state.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what location did Elon Musk speak alongside his son on a television show seen by O'Connell?

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

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

4. When Chapter 1: Tribulations opens, O'Connell describes watching what type of television show with his son?

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

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