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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the letter R stand for in the acronym WROL?
(a) Ratio.
(b) Regression.
(c) Rule.
(d) Radius.

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

3. What primary emotion did O'Connell feel when he watched the video of the emaciated animal?
(a) Trepidation.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Regret.
(d) Disgust.

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. O'Connell discovered that the Mars Society believed that humankind was taking what action in relation to the end of the world?
(a) Hastening it.
(b) Minimizing it.
(c) Warping it.
(d) Ignoring it.

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

10. O'Connell states that as a parent, he feels "a moral duty to be deluded about" (4) what?
(a) The battle between good and evil.
(b) World peace.
(c) Financial solvency.
(d) The future.

11. O'Connell recalls looking at what type of object over his son's head while also watching television with him?
(a) A clock.
(b) A laptop.
(c) A tablet.
(d) A phone.

12. When Chapter 1: Tribulations opens, O'Connell describes watching what type of television show with his son?
(a) Telenovellas.
(b) Cartoons.
(c) Mysteries.
(d) News.

13. People from what area of the world appear to be buying up large swaths of land in New Zealand?
(a) Egypt.
(b) The Bermuda Triangle.
(c) The Midwestern United States.
(d) Silicon Valley.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what altitude did the compound lie that O'Connell visited during his investigation of luxury apocalyptic dwellings?

2. The photograph O'Connell discusses in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival depicts what type of sport being played amidst a forest fire?

3. O'Connell discusses seeing a man performing what action on the street corner as he took no notice of anyone around him?

4. O'Connell discusses a piece of what type of media that went viral around the time he went to visit an apocalyptic compound?

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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