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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the book How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It, Rawles predicts the collapse of all but which of the following entities?
(a) The family.
(b) The economy.
(c) Civilization itself.
(d) The nation-state.

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

3. Participants in the Ghost Dance are said to have believed that their dancing would hasten which event?
(a) A rainstorm.
(b) The end of the world.
(c) The collection of wealth.
(d) Human flight.

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

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

6. For what purpose is a particular group of people buying land in New Zealand?
(a) To survive the apocalypse.
(b) To raise livestock.
(c) To build biodomes.
(d) To provide rental income.

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

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

9. What type of landmark is Mount Eden, the location to which Anthony took O'Connell immediately upon picking him up at the airport?
(a) A volcano.
(b) A toxic waste site.
(c) A historic landmark.
(d) A nature reserve.

10. People from what area of the world appear to be buying up large swaths of land in New Zealand?
(a) Egypt.
(b) The Midwestern United States.
(c) The Bermuda Triangle.
(d) Silicon Valley.

11. How many theories does O'Connell have about the correlation between doomsday preppers and their sunglasses?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

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

13. O'Connell declares in Chapter 1: Tribulations that "the last remaining truth is the supreme fiction of" (4) what?
(a) Time.
(b) Individual identity.
(c) Country.
(d) Money.

14. The founder of the American Redoubt movement wrote what kind of publication?
(a) A pamphlet.
(b) A manifesto.
(c) A bill.
(d) A book.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole describes O'Connell's arrival in what location?

2. In what decade of life was Anthony at the time he fetched O'Connell from the airport near his home?

3. O'Connell discusses a piece of what type of media that went viral around the time he went to visit an apocalyptic compound?

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

5. What does the letter R stand for in the acronym WROL?

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