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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 kind of feeling did O'Connell's friend report experiencing while looking at a graph about consumption?
2. O'Connell states that the most striking photographs he took during his visit to the Zone featured what type of store?
3. One-third of the people along on O'Connell's tour of the Zone hailed from which country?
4. O'Connell went on a trip to the Zone with a man named Dylan, who was related to O'Connell in what way?
5. O'Connell classifies the Zone's most recognizable landmark as a "symbol of a decayed" (193) what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What event in O'Connell's life caused him to enter a cycle of alternate hopefulness and despair?
2. Who or what is the Lorax?
3. Who is Paul Lister and what was his goal when he bought a large amount of land in the British Isles?
4. What was the final task assigned to the participants on the retreat described in Chapter 6: Under the Hide?
5. At what type of location did O'Connell attend a retreat in the spring of 2017?
6. Who is Igor?
7. Provide three details about Igor's life.
8. To what country did Mark O'Connell travel two months after the retreat on the Alladale Wilderness Reserve and why?
9. What is the state of the tourism industry in the Zone?
10. How many people lived in the location now referred to as the Zone prior to the nuclear disaster?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what way does O'Connell go about breaking the text into parts and how do these structural elements help to advance the text’s arguments?
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
How does O'Connell use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.
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