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

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

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

4. Which annual gathering of the Mars Society did O'Connell attend in Los Angeles?
(a) The 45th.
(b) The 16th.
(c) The 13th.
(d) The 21st.

5. 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)?
(a) Erroneous.
(b) Esoteric.
(c) Ecstatic.
(d) Metaphysical.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what branch of the military did the founder of the American Redoubt movement serve?

2. At what location did Elon Musk speak alongside his son on a television show seen by O'Connell?

3. When Chapter 1: Tribulations opens, O'Connell describes watching what type of television show with his son?

4. What is the last name of the man named James Wesley who founded a movement called American Redoubt?

5. What role did Elon Musk play in the emergence of the company called SpaceX?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Mount Eden?

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

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

5. Discuss an instance of irony within the text.

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

7. In Chapter 2: Preparations, O'Connell discusses a period of time when he repeated a word over and over to himself. What was the word and what was behind his behavior?

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

9. Who is James Wesley Rawles?

10. With what culture is the Ghost Dance associated?

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