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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. How old was O'Connell's son at the time of the events described in Chapter 1: Tribulations?

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

3. When Chapter 1: Tribulations opens, O'Connell describes watching what type of television show with his son?

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 discusses seeing a man performing what action on the street corner as he took no notice of anyone around him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mount Eden?

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

3. What distinction does O'Connell make between fear and fantasy within Chapter 2: Preparations?

4. 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?

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

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

7. What was the intended purpose of the Ghost Dance in relation to colonialism?

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

9. What does the video of the emaciated polar bear symbolize according to O'Connell?

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 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 2

Examine O'Connell’s use of characterization methods to portray himself within the narrative. What effects do these characterization methods have on the themes and messages inherent in Notes From an Apocalypse?

Essay Topic 3

How does O'Connell employ the use or rejection of fallacy within Notes From an Apocalypse and how does the inclusion of fallacy help O'Connell to prove particular points made within the text?

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