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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Under the Hide.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The picture book discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide" features which word to stand in for any material object?
(a) Schneed.
(b) Parentis.
(c) Thneed.
(d) Rooneed.

2. For what purpose did Caroline plan to use the seeds in the wooden box if the need arose?
(a) Diuretic.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Pain-reliever.
(d) Anesthetic.

3. What is the title of the "movement of artists and writers and activists united by the conviction that climate catastrophe was not just real and imminent but also in fact inevitable" (141)?
(a) The Dark Mountain Project.
(b) The Dark Forest Project.
(c) The Dark Bay Project.
(d) The Dark River Project.

4. What is the last name of the man named James Wesley who founded a movement called American Redoubt?
(a) Jones.
(b) Dawes.
(c) Miller.
(d) Rawles.

5. Which friend of O'Connell's was the one who discussed a particular graph measuring consumption?
(a) Thich.
(b) Caroline.
(c) John.
(d) Andres.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What action does O'Connell name as the one that launched him "on a course of alternate hopefulness and despair" (167)?

4. To what location did Mark O'Connell travel when he visited a famous set of hills, as described in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival?

5. At what location did Elon Musk speak alongside his son on a television show seen by O'Connell?

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