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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Tribulations and Chapter 2: Preparations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The founder of the American Redoubt movement estimated that the average family in the United States had enough food to last for how long?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 1 week.

2. What does the letter R stand for in the acronym WROL?
(a) Radius.
(b) Ratio.
(c) Rule.
(d) Regression.

3. O'Connell wonders how humans are supposed to take what action when we know that we are likely doomed?
(a) To live.
(b) To laugh.
(c) To smile.
(d) To breathe easily.

4. What new quality does O'Connell ascribe to the modern version of the apocalypse?
(a) Tenuousness.
(b) Rapidity.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Slowness.

5. O'Connell acknowledges in Chapter 1: Tribulations that which of his own actions hastens the end of the world?
(a) Introspection.
(b) Medical care.
(c) Study.
(d) Travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many theories does O'Connell have about the correlation between doomsday preppers and their sunglasses?

2. In what year did Doomsday Preppers exit the cultural scene?

3. What is the last name of the man named James Wesley who founded a movement called American Redoubt?

4. How old was O'Connell's son at the time of the events described in Chapter 1: Tribulations?

5. O'Connell discusses a piece of media called Doomsday Preppers. What was it?

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