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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. Participants in the Ghost Dance are said to have believed that their dancing would hasten which event?

2. O'Connell discusses a piece of media called Doomsday Preppers. What was it?

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

4. O'Connell recalls looking at what type of object over his son's head while also watching television with him?

5. How many practical guidebooks about preparing for the end of the world did O'Connell read during his long period of study?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss one main theme presented in the epigraph section of Mark O'Connell's book Notes from an Apocalypse.

2. Who is James Wesley Rawles?

3. What evidence does O'Connell provide for his conclusion that the luxury apocalpyptic compound business is booming?

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

5. What element of life does O'Connell call "the last remaining truth" (4) and why?

6. What is Mount Eden?

7. What evidence does O'Connell provide for his conclusion that human anxiety is building?

8. Discuss an instance when O'Connell invokes the use of sensory details.

9. What was the intended purpose of the Ghost Dance in relation to colonialism?

10. How does O'Connell acknowledge that colonialism has brought about its own kind of apocalypse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is O'Connell's message regarding the responsibility associated with parenthood in the twenty-first century and how does O'Connell get this message across to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

What is one of O'Connell's central messages regarding a shift in worldview that needs to occur for a particular group of people and why?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the roles of O’Connell’s family members within Notes From an Apocalypse. How does O'Connell use each person’s role to highlight themes included within the overall narrative?

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