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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Redness of the Map.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The creature associated with the tooth lived in the area that is now called what?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Poland.
(c) Morocco.
(d) India.

2. The text that accompanies the tooth hanging on O'Connell's son's bedroom wall says that the tooth is how many millions of years old?
(a) 69.
(b) 43.
(c) 22.
(d) 132.

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

4. The movement of artists discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide" believe that what element has returned to humankind and has ruined our world?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Hubris.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Arrogance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Connell declares in Chapter 1: Tribulations that "the last remaining truth is the supreme fiction of" (4) what?

2. What type of surface hangs nearby the tooth affixed to the wall over O'Connell's son's bed?

3. Schopenhauer is described as having seen "a particular reflection of the world's true" (239) what?

4. In the book How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It, Rawles predicts the collapse of all but which of the following entities?

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

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