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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 many theories does O'Connell have about the correlation between doomsday preppers and their sunglasses?
2. Around the time depicted in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival, the United States and which country were at odds around nuclear weapons?
3. What is the first name of Vicino, the man O'Connell calls a real estate magnate for the end of days?
4. What primary emotion did O'Connell feel when he watched the video of the emaciated animal?
5. What kind of emaciated animal was featured in the video O'Connell describes?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What type of event did O'Connell attend in order to learn about the Mars Society?
3. What evidence does O'Connell provide for his conclusion that human anxiety is building?
4. Discuss one main theme presented in the epigraph section of Mark O'Connell's book Notes from an Apocalypse.
5. Discuss an instance of irony within the text.
6. How does O'Connell use specific word choice to mirror the themes of the text?
7. For what reason does O'Connell allude to a television show called Mars in Chapter 5: Off-World Colony?
8. To what location did O'Connell travel one November, as described in Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole?
9. What sight does O'Connell describe seeing in Glendale and what significance does he find in the sight?
10. What evidence does O'Connell provide for his conclusion that the luxury apocalpyptic compound business is booming?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Read a lengthy interview with O'Connell. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of O'Connell’s answers and a main message presented within the text of Notes From an Apocalypse.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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