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

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

3. For what purpose is a particular group of people buying land in New Zealand?
(a) To survive the apocalypse.
(b) To raise livestock.
(c) To build biodomes.
(d) To provide rental income.

4. 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) Despair.
(d) Melancholy.

5. O'Connell claims that doomsday preppers and their actions are completely devoid of which human element?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Tranquility.
(c) Altruism.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the company O'Connell deems unworthy of existence?

2. In Texas alone, there are how many purveyors of luxury apocalyptic dwellings?

3. In which century did St. Augustine write that the earliest followers of Jesus believed that the end of the world was near?

4. To what location did Mark O'Connell travel when he visited a famous set of hills, as described in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival?

5. What type of sunglasses does O'Connell associate with the doomsday prepping community?

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