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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. From which country did the monk and activist Thich Nhat Hanh originally hail?

2. At the time of O'Connell's visit to the Zone, how many years before had the Chernobyl disaster occurred?

3. O'Connell classifies the Zone's most recognizable landmark as a "symbol of a decayed" (193) what?

4. What kind of "revelation" (162) does O'Connell call the epiphany he had in the airport?

5. O'Connell spent a week at Alladale in the spring of which year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the term 'samoseli'.

2. Describe the graph depicting continual human progress over time.

3. What distinction does O'Connell make about the Zone and why is the observation ironic?

4. What does the ferris wheel in Pripyat symbolize, according to O'Connell?

5. Who is Andres?

6. Who is Caroline Ross?

7. Who is Dylan and what was occurring in his life at the time of his trip to the Zone?

8. What is the state of the tourism industry in the Zone?

9. What is the most recognizable landmark in all of Pripyat and why?

10. What was the final task assigned to the participants on the retreat described in Chapter 6: Under the Hide?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the messages sent about the theme of appearance versus reality within O'Connell's book Notes From an Apocalypse.

Essay Topic 2

How is the theme of hypocrisy treated within O'Connell’s book Notes From an Apocalypse and with which of the text’s messages does the theme closely connect?

Essay Topic 3

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

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