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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. What new quality does O'Connell ascribe to the modern version of the apocalypse?
(a) Rapidity.
(b) Tenuousness.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Slowness.

2. The photograph O'Connell discusses in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival depicts what type of sport being played amidst a forest fire?
(a) Diving.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Golf.
(d) Basketball.

3. Igor told O'Connell that he and his wife had how many children together?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

4. At the time of the trip, Dylan had relocated to which city several years before?
(a) Orlando.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) San Jose.

5. O'Connell realized during the tour that both he and what other person were looking to exploit the Chernobyl site?
(a) Trump.
(b) Igor.
(c) Dylan.
(d) Gorbachev.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other tour groups did O'Connell's group encounter during the visit to the Zone?

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

3. What action does O'Connell name as the one that launched him "on a course of alternate hopefulness and despair" (167)?

4. What is the last name of the woman named Caroline with whom O'Connell makes friends at the retreat?

5. Which annual gathering of the Mars Society did O'Connell attend in Los Angeles?

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