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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. What kind of "revelation" (162) does O'Connell call the epiphany he had in the airport?
(a) Human.
(b) Concise.
(c) Sushi.
(d) Banana.

2. Which term, meaning self-settlers, do Ukranians use to designate the remaining permanent residents of the Zone?
(a) Jak.
(b) Samoseli.
(c) Spravy.
(d) Dobryj.

3. Which of the following terms does O'Connell apply to himself?
(a) Humanist.
(b) Communist.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Socialist.

4. What type of media did Igor use to inform the tour group about the Chernobyl disaster?
(a) Slideshow.
(b) Video.
(c) Radio.
(d) Pamphlets.

5. Near the end of Chapter 7: "The Final Resting Place," O'Connell states that "meditation upon" what topic "became a mainstay of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art and literature" (213)?
(a) Death.
(b) Impermanence.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Silence.

Short Answer Questions

1. The movement of artists discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide" believe that what element has returned to humankind and has ruined our world?

2. O'Connell discusses going to what type of location called Alladale?

3. The movement of artists O'Connell discusses believes that what item assuming continual progress of humankind over time "has been fatally undermined in our time" (143)?

4. From which country did the monk and activist Thich Nhat Hanh originally hail?

5. What is the title of the "movement of artists and writers and activists united by the conviction that climate catastrophe was not just real and imminent but also in fact inevitable" (141)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What distinction does O'Connell make about the Zone and why is the observation ironic?

2. What does the ferris wheel in Pripyat symbolize, according to O'Connell?

3. At what type of location did O'Connell attend a retreat in the spring of 2017?

4. Who is Thich Nhat Hanh?

5. How many people lived in the location now referred to as the Zone prior to the nuclear disaster?

6. What is the significance of the number 800, as revealed in Chapter 7: The Final Resting Place?

7. Who is Igor?

8. What judgment did O'Connell make about Igor before turning the microscope back on himself?

9. What is the state of the tourism industry in the Zone?

10. What event was the catalyst for O'Connell's son's epiphany about the role of the artist?

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