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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. O'Connell describes the sight of the decrepit amusement park as "one of" what "in wretched decay" (195)?
2. What kind of "revelation" (162) does O'Connell call the epiphany he had in the airport?
3. In Chapter 6: "Under the Hide," O'Connell discusses at length a character called the Lorax, who states that he "speak[s] for the" (132) what?
4. 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)?
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. What event in O'Connell's life caused him to enter a cycle of alternate hopefulness and despair?
2. What is the most recognizable landmark in all of Pripyat and why?
3. How many people lived in the location now referred to as the Zone prior to the nuclear disaster?
4. Who is Andres?
5. What does the ferris wheel in Pripyat symbolize, according to O'Connell?
6. What event was the catalyst for O'Connell's son's epiphany about the role of the artist?
7. What judgment did O'Connell make about Igor before turning the microscope back on himself?
8. Provide evidence for the conclusion that O'Connell strives to find teachable moments within his everyday life as a parent.
9. Describe the graph depicting continual human progress over time.
10. Provide three details about Igor's life.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss O'Connell's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text 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
Discuss O'Connell's decision to include humor within the nonfiction text of Notes From an Apocalypse. What purpose did O'Connell have in mind when including these instances of humor and how does the inclusion of these instances support the overarching themes and messages of the text?
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