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

2. Participants in the Ghost Dance are said to have believed that their dancing would hasten which event?
(a) A rainstorm.
(b) The end of the world.
(c) The collection of wealth.
(d) Human flight.

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

4. What adjective does O'Connell use in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" to describe the shape of the traditional Ghost Dance?
(a) Circular.
(b) Elliptical.
(c) Rectangular.
(d) Square.

5. O'Connell recalls looking at what type of object over his son's head while also watching television with him?
(a) A laptop.
(b) A clock.
(c) A phone.
(d) A tablet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon seeing an old man dancing in Glendale, O'Connell thinks about a boy he had seen dancing by the river in which state?

2. O'Connell states that when he thought about his son and his future, he felt a deep sense of what emotion?

3. One of the companies in Texas that sells apocalyptic dwellings is called Trident what?

4. In what year did O'Connell attend a gathering of the Mars Society at the Pasadena Convention Center?

5. Around the time depicted in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival, the United States and which country were at odds around nuclear weapons?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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