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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. For what length of time did O'Connell immerse himself in the online world of doomsday prepping?

2. Upon seeing an old man dancing in Glendale, O'Connell thinks about a boy he had seen dancing by the river in which state?

3. O'Connell recalls looking at what type of object over his son's head while also watching television with him?

4. Which annual gathering of the Mars Society did O'Connell attend in Los Angeles?

5. Which family member told O'Connell all about the nuclear conflict between Russia and the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. What element of life does O'Connell call "the last remaining truth" (4) and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does O'Connell acknowledge that colonialism has brought about its own kind of apocalypse?

9. With what culture is the Ghost Dance associated?

10. To what location did O'Connell travel one November, as described in Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does O'Connell’s use of the first and second person point of view serve the purposes of the text? Discuss how O'Connell’s choice of point of view helps to advance the treatment of at least three particular themes within the text.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Examine how O'Connell goes about connecting personal experience with the arguments put forth within Notes From an Apocalypse. How does O'Connell accomplish this goal and how does this goal relate to the overarching themes of the text?

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