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

2. O'Connell concludes in Chapter 2: Preparations that rather than preparing for their fears, doomsday preppers are preparing for their what?
(a) Futures.
(b) Survival.
(c) Tribulations.
(d) Fantasies.

3. What does the Spanish word vivos mean in English?
(a) Breath.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Meaning.
(d) Living.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade of life was Anthony at the time he fetched O'Connell from the airport near his home?

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

3. What does the letter R stand for in the acronym WROL?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Discuss an instance of irony within the text.

9. What is Mount Eden?

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

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