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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 Texas alone, there are how many purveyors of luxury apocalyptic dwellings?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

3. What was the name of the luxury apocalyptic compound O'Connell visited?
(a) QPoint.
(b) MPoint.
(c) XPoint.
(d) LPoint.

4. One-third of the people along on O'Connell's tour of the Zone hailed from which country?
(a) France.
(b) Sweden.
(c) The United States.
(d) Poland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Spanish word vivos mean in English?

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

3. What kind of landmark is the site described as "the most recognizable landmark" (193) within the Zone?

4. During O'Connell's study of the doomsday prepping movement, he came to see the movement as "a hysterical symptom of" what "itself" (20)?

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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