View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The founder of the American Redoubt movement wrote what kind of publication?
(a) A manifesto.
(b) A book.
(c) A pamphlet.
(d) A bill.

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

6. In Texas alone, there are how many purveyors of luxury apocalyptic dwellings?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

7. 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) Assimilation.
(c) The apocalypse.
(d) A pandemic.

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

9. To what location did Mark O'Connell travel when he visited a famous set of hills, as described in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival?
(a) The Bermuda Triangle.
(b) The Mojave Desert.
(c) Niagara Falls.
(d) The Black Hills.

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

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

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

13. O'Connell states that when he thought about his son and his future, he felt a deep sense of what emotion?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Bewilderment.
(c) Despair.
(d) Confusion.

14. The founder of the American Redoubt movement estimated that the average family in the United States had enough food to last for how long?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 3 days.

15. What is the last name of O'Connell's friend Anthony?
(a) Miller.
(b) Boyd.
(c) Byrts.
(d) Michaels.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Spanish word vivos mean in English?

3. What noun does O'Connell use to describe the unrelenting nature of the modern version of the apocalypse?

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. What is the last name of the man named James Wesley who founded a movement called American Redoubt?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 416 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample