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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: The Final Resting Place of the Future.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6: "Under the Hide," O'Connell discusses at length a character called the Lorax, who states that he "speak[s] for the" (132) what?
(a) Trees.
(b) Worms.
(c) Birds.
(d) Clouds.

2. Who developed a theory concerning three different circles?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Thich Nhat Hanh.
(c) Plato.
(d) Pythagoreas.

3. The Lorax and his story has led to many bedtime conversations between O'Connell and his son about which topic?
(a) The nature of racism.
(b) The nature of obsession.
(c) The nature of exclusivity.
(d) The nature of consumer desire.

4. How many hours did the drive from Kiev to the Zone take?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

5. What does O'Connell name as the size of the location called Alladale discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?
(a) 3,000 square feet.
(b) 23,000 acres.
(c) 30,000 cubits.
(d) 20 acres.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around the time depicted in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival, the United States and which country were at odds around nuclear weapons?

2. One-third of the people along on O'Connell's tour of the Zone hailed from which country?

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

4. What is the last name of the man named James Wesley who founded a movement called American Redoubt?

5. In what year did O'Connell attend a gathering of the Mars Society at the Pasadena Convention Center?

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