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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. How many hours did the drive from Kiev to the Zone take?
(a) 9.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

2. 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)?
(a) The Dark Bay Project.
(b) The Dark River Project.
(c) The Dark Mountain Project.
(d) The Dark Forest Project.

3. O'Connell states that the most striking photographs he took during his visit to the Zone featured what type of store?
(a) Shoe.
(b) Electronics.
(c) Book.
(d) Pet.

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

5. What is the last name of the woman named Caroline with whom O'Connell makes friends at the retreat?
(a) Miller.
(b) Stewart.
(c) Cowart.
(d) Ross.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people attended the retreat at Alladale in total?

2. Which friend of O'Connell's was the one who discussed a particular graph measuring consumption?

3. 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)?

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

5. In what type of vehicle were the participants in the tour of the Zone picked up by Igor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the most recognizable landmark in all of Pripyat and why?

2. What event in O'Connell's life caused him to enter a cycle of alternate hopefulness and despair?

3. Who or what is the Lorax?

4. What is the symbolism of the graph depicting continual human progress over time?

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

6. Who is Andres?

7. Who is Caroline Ross?

8. Who is Dylan and what was occurring in his life at the time of his trip to the Zone?

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

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

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