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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. Which family member told O'Connell all about the nuclear conflict between Russia and the United States?
2. What primary emotion did O'Connell feel when he watched the video of the emaciated animal?
3. During O'Connell's study of the doomsday prepping movement, he came to see the movement as "a hysterical symptom of" what "itself" (20)?
4. What is NOT a quality O'Connell attributes to the old man he saw dancing while stopped at a red light in Glendale?
5. O'Connell recalls looking at what type of object over his son's head while also watching television with him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is James Wesley Rawles?
2. To what location did O'Connell travel one November, as described in Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole?
3. What evidence does O'Connell provide for his conclusion that human anxiety is building?
4. What distinction does O'Connell make between fear and fantasy within Chapter 2: Preparations?
5. 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?
6. With what culture is the Ghost Dance associated?
7. Discuss one main theme presented in the epigraph section of Mark O'Connell's book Notes from an Apocalypse.
8. Discuss an instance of irony within the text.
9. What evidence does O'Connell provide for his conclusion that the luxury apocalpyptic compound business is booming?
10. What does the acronym WROL stand for within the prepping movement?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss O'Connell's decision to include humor within the nonfiction text of Notes From an Apocalypse. What purpose did O'Connell have in mind when including these instances of humor and how does the inclusion of these instances support the overarching themes and messages of the text?
Essay Topic 2
Examine how O'Connell goes about connecting personal experience with the arguments put forth within Notes From an Apocalypse. How does O'Connell accomplish this goal and how does this goal relate to the overarching themes of the text?
Essay Topic 3
What is one of O'Connell's central messages regarding a shift in worldview that needs to occur for a particular group of people and why?
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