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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) Tenuousness.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Slowness.
(d) Rapidity.

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

3. In what year did Doomsday Preppers emerge onto the cultural scene?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2012.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2006.

4. What kind of emaciated animal was featured in the video O'Connell describes?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A penguin.
(c) A polar bear.
(d) An ostrich.

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

6. O'Connell wonders how humans are supposed to take what action when we know that we are likely doomed?
(a) To live.
(b) To laugh.
(c) To smile.
(d) To breathe easily.

7. In what month did O'Connell arrive at the airport where his friend Anthony then picked him up?
(a) November.
(b) March.
(c) June.
(d) January.

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

9. 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 provide rental income.
(d) To raise livestock.

10. 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) An earring.
(c) Long hair.
(d) A pair of headphones.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer 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)?

2. In what year did Doomsday Preppers exit the cultural scene?

3. What is the last name of O'Connell's friend Anthony?

4. To what location did Mark O'Connell travel when he visited a famous set of hills, as described in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival?

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?

(see the answer keys)

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