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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Under the Hide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does O'Connell name as the one that launched him "on a course of alternate hopefulness and despair" (167)?
(a) Buying a home.
(b) Fostering a child.
(c) Having a child.
(d) Finishing his degree.

2. Caroline told O'Connell that in the end, the element that allows survival "is and always will be" (159) what?
(a) Desire.
(b) Health.
(c) Community.
(d) Tenacity.

3. What kind of feeling did O'Connell's friend report experiencing while looking at a graph about consumption?
(a) Swooning.
(b) Plunging.
(c) Flying.
(d) Sinking.

4. How old was O'Connell's son at the time of the events described in Chapter 1: Tribulations?
(a) 6.
(b) 11.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. What is the first name of Vicino, the man O'Connell calls a real estate magnate for the end of days?
(a) Michael.
(b) Robert.
(c) Taylor.
(d) Steven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What noun does O'Connell use to describe the unrelenting nature of the modern version of the apocalypse?

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

3. What is the name of the artist who served as O'Connell's son's first example of an auteur?

4. How old was O'Connell when a family member told him about the nuclear conflict between the United States and Russia?

5. What kind of artist was the man who served as O'Connell's son's first example of an auteur?

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