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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. When Chapter 1: Tribulations opens, O'Connell describes watching what type of television show with his son?
2. O'Connell wonders how humans are supposed to take what action when we know that we are likely doomed?
3. To what location did Mark O'Connell travel when he visited a famous set of hills, as described in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival?
4. In what year did Doomsday Preppers exit the cultural scene?
5. What was the name of the luxury apocalyptic compound O'Connell visited?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does O'Connell use specific word choice to mirror the themes of the text?
2. What distinction does O'Connell make between fear and fantasy within Chapter 2: Preparations?
3. Discuss an instance of irony within the text.
4. What evidence does O'Connell provide for his conclusion that human anxiety is building?
5. With what culture is the Ghost Dance associated?
6. What is Mount Eden?
7. Discuss one main theme presented in the epigraph section of Mark O'Connell's book Notes from an Apocalypse.
8. To what location did O'Connell travel around the time when nuclear tensions were rising between the United States and North Korea?
9. In what way does the theme of delusion arise within Chapter 1: Tribulations?
10. What quality sets apart the modern conception of the apocalypse from the older versions?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the theme of hypocrisy treated within O'Connell’s book Notes From an Apocalypse and with which of the text’s messages does the theme closely connect?
Essay Topic 2
In what way does O'Connell utilize or highlight irony within the text? Discuss at least three uses of irony within Notes From an Apocalypse and explore each instance's connection to larger themes contained within the piece.
Essay Topic 3
How does O'Connell use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.
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