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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The photograph O'Connell discusses in Chapter 3: Luxury Survival depicts what type of sport being played amidst a forest fire?
(a) Golf.
(b) Diving.
(c) Hockey.
(d) Basketball.

2. In Chapter 1: Tribulations, O'Connell asserts that his carbon footprint is as deep and wide as his what?
(a) His despair.
(b) His privilege.
(c) His guilt.
(d) His pride.

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

4. When Chapter 5: Off-World Colony begins, O'Connell discusses an episode of which television show?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Mars.
(d) Venus.

5. O'Connell wonders how humans are supposed to take what action when we know that we are likely doomed?
(a) To breathe easily.
(b) To laugh.
(c) To live.
(d) To smile.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. At what altitude did the compound lie that O'Connell visited during his investigation of luxury apocalyptic dwellings?

3. What group of people uses the term "bug-out bag" (19)?

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

5. What word or phrase has continued to be googled more and more often over time, according to O'Connell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of event did O'Connell attend in order to learn about the Mars Society?

2. What is Mount Eden?

3. In what way does the theme of delusion arise within Chapter 1: Tribulations?

4. What quality sets apart the modern conception of the apocalypse from the older versions?

5. How does O'Connell use specific word choice to mirror the themes of the text?

6. What sight does O'Connell describe seeing in Glendale and what significance does he find in the sight?

7. In Chapter 2: Preparations, O'Connell discusses a period of time when he repeated a word over and over to himself. What was the word and what was behind his behavior?

8. To what location did O'Connell travel around the time when nuclear tensions were rising between the United States and North Korea?

9. For what reason does O'Connell allude to a television show called Mars in Chapter 5: Off-World Colony?

10. What does the acronym WROL stand for within the prepping movement?

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