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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Redness of the Map.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. O'Connell discovered that the Mars Society believed that humankind was taking what action in relation to the end of the world?
(a) Minimizing it.
(b) Warping it.
(c) Ignoring it.
(d) Hastening it.

2. Upon seeing an old man dancing in Glendale, O'Connell thinks about a boy he had seen dancing by the river in which state?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Maryland.

3. How many thousands of visitors did the Zone attract during the year 2016?
(a) 36.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 90.

4. In which century did St. Augustine write that the earliest followers of Jesus believed that the end of the world was near?
(a) The 3rd.
(b) The 5th.
(c) The 9th.
(d) The 13th.

5. Schopenhauer is described as having seen "a particular reflection of the world's true" (239) what?
(a) Integrity.
(b) Depth.
(c) Goodness.
(d) Darkness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which friend of O'Connell's was the one who discussed a particular graph measuring consumption?

2. In what part of the world is the location called Alladale, according to O'Connell?

3. O'Connell declares in Chapter 1: Tribulations that "the last remaining truth is the supreme fiction of" (4) what?

4. O'Connell states at the end of Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" that "from the Native point of view," what "was in any case a matter of historical record" (131)?

5. What primary emotion did O'Connell feel when he watched the video of the emaciated animal?

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