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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. Near the end of Chapter 7: "The Final Resting Place," O'Connell states that "meditation upon" what topic "became a mainstay of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art and literature" (213)?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Silence.
(c) Impermanence.
(d) Death.

2. O'Connell classifies the Zone's most recognizable landmark as a "symbol of a decayed" (193) what?
(a) Utopia.
(b) Past.
(c) Civilization.
(d) Future.

3. What is the name of the artist who served as O'Connell's son's first example of an auteur?
(a) Paul Thomas Anderson.
(b) Pablo Picasso.
(c) Bob Fosse.
(d) Dr. Seuss.

4. O'Connell states that the Chernobyl site is now effectively the largest what in all of Europe?
(a) Nature preserve.
(b) Landfill.
(c) Isthmus.
(d) Collection of toxic waste.

5. What is NOT designated as one of the representative circles discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?
(a) Friends and family.
(b) Spouse.
(c) Self.
(d) Larger world.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years had Igor worked as a tour guide in the Zone by the time of O'Connell's arrival?

2. What does O'Connell name as the size of the location called Alladale discussed in Chapter 6: "Under the Hide"?

3. The movement of artists O'Connell discusses believes that what item assuming continual progress of humankind over time "has been fatally undermined in our time" (143)?

4. How many thousands of visitors did the Zone attract during the year 2016?

5. What action does O'Connell name as the one that launched him "on a course of alternate hopefulness and despair" (167)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who or what is the Lorax?

2. Who is Andres?

3. How many people lived in the location now referred to as the Zone prior to the nuclear disaster?

4. Describe the graph depicting continual human progress over time.

5. Explain the term 'samoseli'.

6. At what type of location did O'Connell attend a retreat in the spring of 2017?

7. What distinction does O'Connell make about the Zone and why is the observation ironic?

8. Who is Caroline Ross?

9. To what country did Mark O'Connell travel two months after the retreat on the Alladale Wilderness Reserve and why?

10. What judgment did O'Connell make about Igor before turning the microscope back on himself?

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