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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At what altitude did the compound lie that O'Connell visited during his investigation of luxury apocalyptic dwellings?
(a) 3,800 feet.
(b) 1,600 feet.
(c) 2,400 feet.
(d) 700 feet.

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

5. 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 tablet.
(c) A phone.
(d) A laptop.

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

7. O'Connell discusses a piece of what type of media that went viral around the time he went to visit an apocalyptic compound?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A painting.
(c) A journal entry.
(d) A cassette tape.

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

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

10. Upon seeing an old man dancing in Glendale, O'Connell thinks about a boy he had seen dancing by the river in which state?
(a) Alabama.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Maryland.

11. 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) A pair of headphones.
(d) Long hair.

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

13. 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) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

14. How old was O'Connell's son at the time of the events described in Chapter 1: Tribulations?
(a) 5.
(b) 11.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose is a particular group of people buying land in New Zealand?

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

3. O'Connell discusses a piece of media called Doomsday Preppers. What was it?

4. O'Connell states that when he thought about his son and his future, he felt a deep sense of what emotion?

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

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