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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 year did Doomsday Preppers emerge onto the cultural scene?

2. What was the name of the luxury apocalyptic compound O'Connell visited?

3. At what location did Elon Musk speak alongside his son on a television show seen by O'Connell?

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

5. What does the Spanish word vivos mean in English?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. To what location did O'Connell travel around the time when nuclear tensions were rising between the United States and North Korea?

3. Discuss one main theme presented in the epigraph section of Mark O'Connell's book Notes from an Apocalypse.

4. What evidence does O'Connell provide for his conclusion that human anxiety is building?

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

6. What is Mount Eden?

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

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

9. What does the acronym WROL stand for within the prepping movement?

10. Who is James Wesley Rawles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss O'Connell’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of Notes From an Apocalypse. How does O'Connell use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of argumentative points central to the tenets of the work?

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of fear portrayed in Notes From an Apocalypse? Examine O'Connell's treatment of and messages regarding fear and anxiety throughout the book.

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