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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what length of time did O'Connell immerse himself in the online world of doomsday prepping?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 month.

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

3. How old was O'Connell's son at the time of the events described in Chapter 1: Tribulations?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 11.

4. What primary emotion did O'Connell feel when he watched the video of the emaciated animal?
(a) Regret.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Trepidation.
(d) Sadness.

5. What type of sunglasses does O'Connell associate with the doomsday prepping community?
(a) Aviator.
(b) Wraparound.
(c) Polarized.
(d) Mirrored.

6. In what month did O'Connell arrive at the airport where his friend Anthony then picked him up?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) November.
(d) June.

7. What is the last name of O'Connell's friend Anthony?
(a) Boyd.
(b) Byrts.
(c) Michaels.
(d) Miller.

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

9. 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) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

10. When Chapter 1: Tribulations opens, O'Connell describes watching what type of television show with his son?
(a) Cartoons.
(b) Telenovellas.
(c) Mysteries.
(d) News.

11. O'Connell depicts a time when he investigated a special niche of what sector?
(a) Banking.
(b) Travel.
(c) Investment.
(d) Real estate.

12. What is the name of the company O'Connell deems unworthy of existence?
(a) Lagos.
(b) Jungletown.
(c) Mina.
(d) Vivos.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days in total did O'Connell spend in Auckland, New Zealand?

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

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

4. The founder of the American Redoubt movement wrote what kind of publication?

5. During O'Connell's study of the doomsday prepping movement, he came to see the movement as "a hysterical symptom of" what "itself" (20)?

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