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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. Caroline told O'Connell that in the end, the element that allows survival "is and always will be" (159) what?
(a) Health.
(b) Desire.
(c) Tenacity.
(d) Community.

2. O'Connell states that the Chernobyl site is now effectively the largest what in all of Europe?
(a) Landfill.
(b) Collection of toxic waste.
(c) Nature preserve.
(d) Isthmus.

3. O'Connell describes the sight of the decrepit amusement park as "one of" what "in wretched decay" (195)?
(a) Modernity.
(b) Piety.
(c) Youth.
(d) Hedonism.

4. What is the purpose of the Zone discussed in Chapter 7: The Final Resting Place of the Future?
(a) Exclusion.
(b) Research.
(c) Posterity.
(d) Sustainability.

5. Which specific airport is featured in O'Connell's discussion of airports in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?
(a) Heathrow.
(b) Stapleton.
(c) JFK.
(d) O'Hare.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

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)?

3. Toward the end of the retreat described in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide" each participant spends how many consecutive hours alone in the forest?

4. What does O'Connell name as the size of the location called Alladale discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?

5. From what type of tree were the seeds discussed by Caroline in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the final task assigned to the participants on the retreat described in Chapter 6: Under the Hide?

3. Describe the graph depicting continual human progress over time.

4. Who is Caroline Ross?

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

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

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

8. Who is Thich Nhat Hanh?

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

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

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