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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. O'Connell describes the sight of the decrepit amusement park as "one of" what "in wretched decay" (195)?
(a) Modernity.
(b) Hedonism.
(c) Piety.
(d) Youth.

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

3. O'Connell acknowledges in Chapter 1: Tribulations that which of his own actions hastens the end of the world?
(a) Study.
(b) Medical care.
(c) Travel.
(d) Introspection.

4. Which term, meaning self-settlers, do Ukranians use to designate the remaining permanent residents of the Zone?
(a) Dobryj.
(b) Samoseli.
(c) Spravy.
(d) Jak.

5. O'Connell discusses going to what type of location called Alladale?
(a) A planetarium.
(b) A fish ladder.
(c) A wilderness reserve.
(d) A reservoir.

Short Answer Questions

1. The founder of the American Redoubt movement estimated that the average family in the United States had enough food to last for how long?

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

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

4. O'Connell describes arriving at the conclusion that which island was a metaphor for all of earth in the modern age?

5. How many days in total did O'Connell spend in Auckland, New Zealand?

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