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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) Piety.
(c) Youth.
(d) Hedonism.

2. What type of landmark is Mount Eden, the location to which Anthony took O'Connell immediately upon picking him up at the airport?
(a) A volcano.
(b) A toxic waste site.
(c) A historic landmark.
(d) A nature reserve.

3. In what month of the year was the amusement park scheduled to open, according to O'Connell?
(a) January.
(b) August.
(c) November.
(d) May.

4. O'Connell wonders how humans are supposed to take what action when we know that we are likely doomed?
(a) To laugh.
(b) To live.
(c) To smile.
(d) To breathe easily.

5. O'Connell states that the most striking photographs he took during his visit to the Zone featured what type of store?
(a) Pet.
(b) Electronics.
(c) Shoe.
(d) Book.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what type of tree were the seeds discussed by Caroline in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?

2. O'Connell states at the end of Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" that "from the Native point of view," what "was in any case a matter of historical record" (131)?

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. At the time when the show aired depicting Elon Musk and his son, for how many years had NASA's space shuttle program been defunct?

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