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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 discusses seeing a man performing what action on the street corner as he took no notice of anyone around him?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Juggling.
(d) Singing.

2. How many days in total did O'Connell spend in Auckland, New Zealand?
(a) 30.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

3. One of the companies in Texas that sells apocalyptic dwellings is called Trident what?
(a) Valley.
(b) Lakes.
(c) Market.
(d) Views.

4. Which family member told O'Connell all about the nuclear conflict between Russia and the United States?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

5. What is NOT a quality O'Connell attributes to the old man he saw dancing while stopped at a red light in Glendale?
(a) A beard.
(b) An earring.
(c) A pair of headphones.
(d) Long hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Connell discovered that the Mars Society believed that humankind was taking what action in relation to the end of the world?

2. In Chapter 1: Tribulations, O'Connell asserts that his carbon footprint is as deep and wide as his what?

3. 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?

4. O'Connell declares in Chapter 1: Tribulations that "the last remaining truth is the supreme fiction of" (4) what?

5. In what year did Doomsday Preppers emerge onto the cultural scene?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. Who is James Wesley Rawles?

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

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

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

10. Discuss an instance of irony within the text.

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