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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. People from what area of the world appear to be buying up large swaths of land in New Zealand?
2. O'Connell states that when he thought about his son and his future, he felt a deep sense of what emotion?
3. In what year did O'Connell attend a gathering of the Mars Society at the Pasadena Convention Center?
4. What is the name of the company O'Connell deems unworthy of existence?
5. What does the Spanish word vivos mean in English?
Short Essay Questions
1. What element of life does O'Connell call "the last remaining truth" (4) and why?
2. What does the acronym WROL stand for within the prepping movement?
3. To what location did O'Connell travel one November, as described in Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole?
4. In what way does the theme of delusion arise within Chapter 1: Tribulations?
5. What was the intended purpose of the Ghost Dance in relation to colonialism?
6. For what reason does O'Connell allude to a television show called Mars in Chapter 5: Off-World Colony?
7. Discuss one main theme presented in the epigraph section of Mark O'Connell's book Notes from an Apocalypse.
8. How does O'Connell acknowledge that colonialism has brought about its own kind of apocalypse?
9. What is Mount Eden?
10. Who is James Wesley Rawles?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
Examine O'Connell’s use of characterization methods to portray real people, such as his wife. What effect do these characterization methods have on the work's inherent themes and messages?
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