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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 month did O'Connell arrive at the airport where his friend Anthony then picked him up?
(a) June.
(b) November.
(c) March.
(d) January.

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

3. When Chapter 5: Off-World Colony begins, O'Connell discusses an episode of which television show?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Venus.
(c) Mars.
(d) Jupiter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Chapter 3: Luxury Survival describes O'Connell's trip to which state?

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

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

5. What adjective does O'Connell use to describe the effect of the online discourse on reality?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of event did O'Connell attend in order to learn about the Mars Society?

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

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

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

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

7. Discuss an instance of irony within the text.

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

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

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

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