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

2. How many people attended the retreat at Alladale in total?
(a) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 32.
(d) 12.

3. What is the title of the "movement of artists and writers and activists united by the conviction that climate catastrophe was not just real and imminent but also in fact inevitable" (141)?
(a) The Dark Forest Project.
(b) The Dark Bay Project.
(c) The Dark Mountain Project.
(d) The Dark River Project.

4. From which country did the monk and activist Thich Nhat Hanh originally hail?
(a) France.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Malaysia.
(d) The Philippines.

5. What kind of emaciated animal was featured in the video O'Connell describes?
(a) An ostrich.
(b) A penguin.
(c) A polar bear.
(d) An elephant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward the end of the retreat described in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide" each participant spends how many consecutive hours alone in the forest?

2. In what decade of life was Anthony at the time he fetched O'Connell from the airport near his home?

3. For what purpose did Caroline plan to use the seeds in the wooden box if the need arose?

4. The founder of the American Redoubt movement wrote what kind of publication?

5. O'Connell recalls looking at what type of object over his son's head while also watching television with him?

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