View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Chapter 5: Off-World Colony begins, O'Connell discusses an episode of which television show?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Venus.
(c) Pluto.
(d) Mars.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the first name of Vicino, the man O'Connell calls a real estate magnate for the end of days?
(a) Robert.
(b) Steven.
(c) Michael.
(d) Taylor.

8. In what branch of the military did the founder of the American Redoubt movement serve?
(a) Air Force.
(b) Coast Guard.
(c) Navy.
(d) Army.

9. In what year did O'Connell attend a gathering of the Mars Society at the Pasadena Convention Center?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2018.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2015.

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

11. In Chapter 1: Tribulations, O'Connell asserts that his carbon footprint is as deep and wide as his what?
(a) His despair.
(b) His privilege.
(c) His pride.
(d) His guilt.

12. How many theories does O'Connell have about the correlation between doomsday preppers and their sunglasses?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

13. 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 pair of headphones.
(b) A beard.
(c) An earring.
(d) Long hair.

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

15. The Ghost Dance described in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" was intended to consume which group of people?
(a) Magistrates.
(b) Policemen.
(c) Puritans.
(d) Colonizers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did O'Connell arrive at the airport where his friend Anthony then picked him up?

2. What word or phrase has continued to be googled more and more often over time, according to O'Connell?

3. What type of sunglasses does O'Connell associate with the doomsday prepping community?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 417 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample