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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what decade of life was Anthony at the time he fetched O'Connell from the airport near his home?
(a) 40s.
(b) 50s.
(c) 30s.
(d) 20s.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Ghost Dance described in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" was intended to consume which group of people?

3. O'Connell concludes in Chapter 2: Preparations that rather than preparing for their fears, doomsday preppers are preparing for their what?

4. During O'Connell's study of the doomsday prepping movement, he came to see the movement as "a hysterical symptom of" what "itself" (20)?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. With what culture is the Ghost Dance associated?

2. In what way does the theme of delusion arise within Chapter 1: Tribulations?

3. What sight does O'Connell describe seeing in Glendale and what significance does he find in the sight?

4. What quality sets apart the modern conception of the apocalypse from the older versions?

5. What evidence does O'Connell provide for his conclusion that human anxiety is building?

6. What is Mount Eden?

7. What was the intended purpose of the Ghost Dance in relation to colonialism?

8. Discuss one main theme presented in the epigraph section of Mark O'Connell's book Notes from an Apocalypse.

9. How does O'Connell use specific word choice to mirror the themes of the text?

10. What does the acronym WROL stand for within the prepping movement?

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