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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did O'Connell arrive at the airport where his friend Anthony then picked him up?

2. What role did Elon Musk play in the emergence of the company called SpaceX?

3. How many days in total did O'Connell spend in Auckland, New Zealand?

4. 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?

5. What type of landmark is Mount Eden, the location to which Anthony took O'Connell immediately upon picking him up at the airport?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. With what culture is the Ghost Dance associated?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What quality sets apart the modern conception of the apocalypse from the older versions?

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

10. How does O'Connell use specific word choice to mirror the themes of the text?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine O'Connell’s use of characterization methods to portray real people, such as his wife. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?

Essay Topic 2

In what way does O'Connell go about breaking the text into parts and how do these structural elements help to advance the text’s arguments?

Essay Topic 3

What is O'Connell's message regarding the responsibility associated with parenthood in the twenty-first century and how does O'Connell get this message across to the reader?

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