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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 the book How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It, Rawles predicts the collapse of all but which of the following entities?
(a) The nation-state.
(b) The economy.
(c) The family.
(d) Civilization itself.

2. What word or phrase has continued to be googled more and more often over time, according to O'Connell?
(a) Looming crisis.
(b) Help.
(c) Meme.
(d) Climate change.

3. For what length of time did O'Connell immerse himself in the online world of doomsday prepping?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 months.

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

5. At what location did Elon Musk speak alongside his son on a television show seen by O'Connell?
(a) The Kennedy Space Station.
(b) Cape Canaveral.
(c) The Great Pyramids.
(d) The Washington Monument.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Chapter 5: Off-World Colony begins, O'Connell discusses an episode of which television show?

3. How old was O'Connell when a family member told him about the nuclear conflict between the United States and Russia?

4. In Chapter 2: Preparations, O'Connell recalls a period of time when he often muttered which word to himself throughout each day?

5. Which annual gathering of the Mars Society did O'Connell attend in Los Angeles?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What sight does O'Connell describe seeing in Glendale and what significance does he find in the sight?

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

6. What evidence does O'Connell provide for his conclusion that the luxury apocalpyptic compound business is booming?

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

8. Who is James Wesley Rawles?

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

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

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