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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. O'Connell claims that doomsday preppers and their actions are completely devoid of which human element?
(a) Tranquility.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Altruism.
(d) Anger.

2. What adjective does O'Connell use to describe the effect of the online discourse on reality?
(a) Flattening.
(b) Burrowing.
(c) Burning.
(d) Streamlining.

3. What adjective does O'Connell use in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" to describe the shape of the traditional Ghost Dance?
(a) Square.
(b) Elliptical.
(c) Rectangular.
(d) Circular.

4. O'Connell depicts a time when he investigated a special niche of what sector?
(a) Travel.
(b) Investment.
(c) Real estate.
(d) Banking.

5. What is the last name of the man named James Wesley who founded a movement called American Redoubt?
(a) Miller.
(b) Dawes.
(c) Jones.
(d) Rawles.

6. 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?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

7. For what purpose is a particular group of people buying land in New Zealand?
(a) To survive the apocalypse.
(b) To build biodomes.
(c) To raise livestock.
(d) To provide rental income.

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

9. How many practical guidebooks about preparing for the end of the world did O'Connell read during his long period of study?
(a) None.
(b) A handful.
(c) Scores.
(d) Dozens.

10. Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole describes O'Connell's arrival in what location?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York City.
(c) Auckland.
(d) Perth.

11. 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 historic landmark.
(b) A nature reserve.
(c) A toxic waste site.
(d) A volcano.

12. Chapter 3: Luxury Survival describes O'Connell's trip to which state?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Utah.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) South Dakota.

13. In what year did Doomsday Preppers exit the cultural scene?
(a) 2019.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2016.
(d) 2003.

14. What noun does O'Connell use to describe the unrelenting nature of the modern version of the apocalypse?
(a) Circles of hell.
(b) Waves.
(c) Horsemen.
(d) Flames.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. One of the companies in Texas that sells apocalyptic dwellings is called Trident what?

3. The founder of the American Redoubt movement estimated that the average family in the United States had enough food to last for how long?

4. Around the time depicted in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival, the United States and which country were at odds around nuclear weapons?

5. What new quality does O'Connell ascribe to the modern version of the apocalypse?

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