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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. What is the last name of the man named James Wesley who founded a movement called American Redoubt?

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

3. What kind of emaciated animal was featured in the video O'Connell describes?

4. In Texas alone, there are how many purveyors of luxury apocalyptic dwellings?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss an instance of irony within the text.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of Notes From an Apocalypse. Include discussion of self-delusion as well.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss O'Connell's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Notes From an Apocalypse.

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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