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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. O'Connell links the boy and the old man described in Chapter 5: "Off-World Colony" and imagines that there is "some vast collective of lone" what kind of "dancers" (131)?
(a) Esoteric.
(b) Metaphysical.
(c) Erroneous.
(d) Ecstatic.

2. In what year did O'Connell attend a gathering of the Mars Society at the Pasadena Convention Center?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2018.
(d) 2011.

3. At what altitude did the compound lie that O'Connell visited during his investigation of luxury apocalyptic dwellings?
(a) 2,400 feet.
(b) 700 feet.
(c) 1,600 feet.
(d) 3,800 feet.

4. At the time when the show aired depicting Elon Musk and his son, for how many years had NASA's space shuttle program been defunct?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

5. How many days in total did O'Connell spend in Auckland, New Zealand?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 3.

6. Which annual gathering of the Mars Society did O'Connell attend in Los Angeles?
(a) The 13th.
(b) The 45th.
(c) The 21st.
(d) The 16th.

7. In Chapter 2: Preparations, O'Connell recalls a period of time when he often muttered which word to himself throughout each day?
(a) Collapse.
(b) Finite.
(c) Useless.
(d) Stop.

8. 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) 1 month.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

9. O'Connell states that as a parent, he feels "a moral duty to be deluded about" (4) what?
(a) World peace.
(b) Financial solvency.
(c) The future.
(d) The battle between good and evil.

10. O'Connell claims that doomsday preppers and their actions are completely devoid of which human element?
(a) Anger.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Altruism.
(d) Tranquility.

11. O'Connell discusses a piece of media called Doomsday Preppers. What was it?
(a) A movie.
(b) A television show.
(c) A video game.
(d) A book.

12. Chapter 3: Luxury Survival describes O'Connell's trip to which state?
(a) Utah.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) South Dakota.
(d) Ohio.

13. In Texas alone, there are how many purveyors of luxury apocalyptic dwellings?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

14. What was the name of the luxury apocalyptic compound O'Connell visited?
(a) QPoint.
(b) LPoint.
(c) MPoint.
(d) XPoint.

15. 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) Maryland.
(b) South Dakota.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Kentucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1: Tribulations, O'Connell asserts that his carbon footprint is as deep and wide as his what?

2. People from what area of the world appear to be buying up large swaths of land in New Zealand?

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

4. Around the time depicted in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival, the United States and which country were at odds around nuclear weapons?

5. When Chapter 1: Tribulations opens, O'Connell describes watching what type of television show with his son?

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