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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is NOT a quality O'Connell attributes to the old man he saw dancing while stopped at a red light in Glendale?
2. In what year did O'Connell attend a gathering of the Mars Society at the Pasadena Convention Center?
3. Chapter 4: Bolt-Hole describes O'Connell's arrival in what location?
4. What role did Elon Musk play in the emergence of the company called SpaceX?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. With what culture is the Ghost Dance associated?
2. In what way does the theme of delusion arise within Chapter 1: Tribulations?
3. Discuss one main theme presented in the epigraph section of Mark O'Connell's book Notes from an Apocalypse.
4. What sight does O'Connell describe seeing in Glendale and what significance does he find in the sight?
5. What type of event did O'Connell attend in order to learn about the Mars Society?
6. Who is James Wesley Rawles?
7. What quality sets apart the modern conception of the apocalypse from the older versions?
8. 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?
9. What is Mount Eden?
10. How does O'Connell use specific word choice to mirror the themes of the text?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of Notes From an Apocalypse.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss O'Connell’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of Notes From an Apocalypse. How does O'Connell use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of argumentative points central to the tenets of the work?
Essay Topic 3
Examine O'Connell’s use of characterization methods to portray himself within the narrative. What effects do these characterization methods have on the themes and messages inherent in Notes From an Apocalypse?
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