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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. O'Connell links the boy and the old man described in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" and imagines that there is "some vast collective of lone" what kind of "dancers" (131)?
(a) Ecstatic.
(b) Esoteric.
(c) Erroneous.
(d) Metaphysical.

2. What is the name of the company O'Connell deems unworthy of existence?
(a) Mina.
(b) Jungletown.
(c) Vivos.
(d) Lagos.

3. 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 nature reserve.
(c) A toxic waste site.
(d) A historic landmark.

4. O'Connell declares in Chapter 1: Tribulations that "the last remaining truth is the supreme fiction of" (4) what?
(a) Country.
(b) Time.
(c) Money.
(d) Individual identity.

5. How many days in total did O'Connell spend in Auckland, New Zealand?
(a) 30.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

6. At what location did Elon Musk speak alongside his son on a television show seen by O'Connell?
(a) The Great Pyramids.
(b) Cape Canaveral.
(c) The Washington Monument.
(d) The Kennedy Space Station.

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

8. What is NOT a quality O'Connell attributes to the old man he saw dancing while stopped at a red light in Glendale?
(a) A beard.
(b) A pair of headphones.
(c) An earring.
(d) Long hair.

9. 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?
(a) Civilization itself.
(b) The family.
(c) The nation-state.
(d) The economy.

10. How old was O'Connell's son at the time of the events described in Chapter 1: Tribulations?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 11.

11. O'Connell discusses a piece of what type of media that went viral around the time he went to visit an apocalyptic compound?
(a) A journal entry.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A painting.
(d) A cassette tape.

12. How old was O'Connell when a family member told him about the nuclear conflict between the United States and Russia?
(a) 5 or 6.
(b) 11 or 12.
(c) 8 or 9.
(d) 13 or 14.

13. One of the companies in Texas that sells apocalyptic dwellings is called Trident what?
(a) Market.
(b) Lakes.
(c) Views.
(d) Valley.

14. Which annual gathering of the Mars Society did O'Connell attend in Los Angeles?
(a) The 16th.
(b) The 13th.
(c) The 21st.
(d) The 45th.

15. 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)?
(a) Genocide.
(b) A pandemic.
(c) Assimilation.
(d) The apocalypse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does O'Connell use to describe the effect of the online discourse on reality?

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

3. For what purpose is a particular group of people buying land in New Zealand?

4. O'Connell depicts a time when he investigated a special niche of what sector?

5. In what branch of the military did the founder of the American Redoubt movement serve?

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