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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. O'Connell discusses a piece of media called Doomsday Preppers. What was it?
(a) A video game.
(b) A book.
(c) A television show.
(d) A movie.

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

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

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

5. 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 cassette tape.
(b) A photograph.
(c) A painting.
(d) A journal entry.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Connell states that as a parent, he feels "a moral duty to be deluded about" (4) what?

2. Participants in the Ghost Dance are said to have believed that their dancing would hasten which event?

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

4. How old was O'Connell's son at the time of the events described in Chapter 1: Tribulations?

5. What is the first name of Vicino, the man O'Connell calls a real estate magnate for the end of days?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does O'Connell acknowledge that colonialism has brought about its own kind of apocalypse?

2. For what reason does O'Connell allude to a television show called Mars in Chapter 5: Off-World Colony?

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

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

5. What element of life does O'Connell call "the last remaining truth" (4) and why?

6. What does the video of the emaciated polar bear symbolize according to O'Connell?

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

8. Discuss an instance of irony within the text.

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

10. What main theme do all of the pieces within Notes from an Apocalypse revolve?

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