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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 recalls looking at what type of object over his son's head while also watching television with him?
(a) A laptop.
(b) A clock.
(c) A tablet.
(d) A phone.

2. What adjective does O'Connell use to describe the effect of the online discourse on reality?
(a) Flattening.
(b) Streamlining.
(c) Burrowing.
(d) Burning.

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

4. O'Connell discovered that the Mars Society believed that humankind was taking what action in relation to the end of the world?
(a) Minimizing it.
(b) Ignoring it.
(c) Hastening it.
(d) Warping it.

5. O'Connell depicts a time when he investigated a special niche of what sector?
(a) Real estate.
(b) Investment.
(c) Banking.
(d) Travel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. One of the companies in Texas that sells apocalyptic dwellings is called Trident what?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss an instance when O'Connell invokes the use of sensory details.

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

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

5. To what location did O'Connell travel one November, as described in Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole?

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

7. Who is James Wesley Rawles?

8. What distinction does O'Connell make between fear and fantasy within Chapter 2: Preparations?

9. To what location did O'Connell travel around the time when nuclear tensions were rising between the United States and North Korea?

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

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