WSC 2025 PART 2 (3)

Which of the following best describes the tone of Atompunk works?

• A hopeful vision of a utopian future

• A darkly comedic satire on nuclear war

• A straightforward celebration of technology

• A literal instruction manual for survival

Atompunk reflects a nostalgic fascination with mid-20th-century visions of the future, even though those dreams often centered on nuclear power and Cold War anxieties.

• True

• False

The Fallout video game series draws heavily from which futurist style?

• Solarpunk

• Atompunk

• Afrofuturism

• Cyberpunk

The song Old Man Atom (1945) by Sons of the Pioneers is one of the earliest cultural reflections on the nuclear era.

• True

• False

Which 1946 song satirized atomic fears with religious imagery?

• Atom Bomb Baby

• Atom and Evil

• So Long, Mom

• Space is the Place

The song Atom Bomb Baby (1957) by Five Stars is a playful, even humorous take on nuclear culture in mid-century America.

• True

• False

Tom Lehrer's So Long, Mom (A Song For World War III) (1965) is best described as:

• A hopeful anthem of peace

• A darkly comedic satire on nuclear war

• A solarpunk ecological ballad

Which 2016 game incorporates optimistic future design elements and aligns with solarpunk ideas?

• Fallout

• Overwatch

• Call of Duty

• Halo

N.K. Jemisin’s The Ones Who Stay and Fight (2020) presents a utopian city that reflects solarpunk optimism about human cooperation.

• True

• False

Which 2023 video game explicitly focuses on ecological restoration and is seen as a solarpunk title?

• Fallout 76

• Terra Nil

• Mass Effect

• The Sims 4