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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. Gorbachev believed that the Chernobyl disaster would create how many years of aftereffects?
(a) 600.
(b) 200.
(c) 800.
(d) 400.

2. What kind of artist was the man who served as O'Connell's son's first example of an auteur?
(a) A choreographer.
(b) A writer.
(c) A film director.
(d) A painter.

3. From which country did the monk and activist Thich Nhat Hanh originally hail?
(a) Malaysia.
(b) The Philippines.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) France.

4. How old was O'Connell when a family member told him about the nuclear conflict between the United States and Russia?
(a) 11 or 12.
(b) 8 or 9.
(c) 13 or 14.
(d) 5 or 6.

5. O'Connell shares that for him, having children has raised the stakes for protecting what element of life?
(a) Happiness.
(b) The future.
(c) Survival.
(d) Security.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Connell states that when he thought about his son and his future, he felt a deep sense of what emotion?

2. What is the name of the artist who served as O'Connell's son's first example of an auteur?

3. O'Connell describes which object as the usually-reliable shortcut to protect oneself and one's family from thinking disturbing thoughts?

4. Which specific airport is featured in O'Connell's discussion of airports in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?

5. O'Connell describes the sight of the decrepit amusement park as "one of" what "in wretched decay" (195)?

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