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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. Around the time depicted in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival, the United States and which country were at odds around nuclear weapons?
(a) Russia.
(b) North Korea.
(c) Iran.
(d) Turkey.

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

3. One of the companies in Texas that sells apocalyptic dwellings is called Trident what?
(a) Valley.
(b) Market.
(c) Lakes.
(d) Views.

4. In what year did Doomsday Preppers emerge onto the cultural scene?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2012.

5. The Ghost Dance described in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" was intended to consume which group of people?
(a) Puritans.
(b) Colonizers.
(c) Magistrates.
(d) Policemen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Chapter 3: Luxury Survival describes O'Connell's trip to which state?

3. O'Connell links the boy and the old man described in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" and imagines that there is "some vast collective of lone" what kind of "dancers" (131)?

4. O'Connell discovered that the Mars Society believed that humankind was taking what action in relation to the end of the world?

5. O'Connell discusses seeing a man performing what action on the street corner as he took no notice of anyone around him?

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