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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Luxury Survival, Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole, and Chapter 5: Off-World Colony.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is NOT a quality O'Connell attributes to the old man he saw dancing while stopped at a red light in Glendale?
(a) A beard.
(b) A pair of headphones.
(c) An earring.
(d) Long hair.

3. O'Connell recalls looking at what type of object over his son's head while also watching television with him?
(a) A clock.
(b) A laptop.
(c) A tablet.
(d) A phone.

4. Participants in the Ghost Dance are said to have believed that their dancing would hasten which event?
(a) The end of the world.
(b) A rainstorm.
(c) The collection of wealth.
(d) Human flight.

5. What word or phrase has continued to be googled more and more often over time, according to O'Connell?
(a) Meme.
(b) Looming crisis.
(c) Help.
(d) Climate change.

Short Answer Questions

1. The photograph O'Connell discusses in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival depicts what type of sport being played amidst a forest fire?

2. What kind of emaciated animal was featured in the video O'Connell describes?

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

4. What is the name of the company O'Connell deems unworthy of existence?

5. When Chapter 5: Off-World Colony begins, O'Connell discusses an episode of which television show?

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