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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. For what length of time did O'Connell immerse himself in the online world of doomsday prepping?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

2. How many practical guidebooks about preparing for the end of the world did O'Connell read during his long period of study?
(a) A handful.
(b) Dozens.
(c) None.
(d) Scores.

3. The founder of the American Redoubt movement estimated that the average family in the United States had enough food to last for how long?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 1 month.

4. In Chapter 2: Preparations, O'Connell recalls a period of time when he often muttered which word to himself throughout each day?
(a) Useless.
(b) Collapse.
(c) Stop.
(d) Finite.

5. What is NOT a quality O'Connell attributes to the old man he saw dancing while stopped at a red light in Glendale?
(a) A beard.
(b) Long hair.
(c) An earring.
(d) A pair of headphones.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. O'Connell states that when he thought about his son and his future, he felt a deep sense of what emotion?

4. O'Connell discusses a piece of what type of media that went viral around the time he went to visit an apocalyptic compound?

5. What was the name of the luxury apocalyptic compound O'Connell visited?

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