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Chen / University of Chicago Press β€” Enabling Creative Chaos: The Organization Behind the Burning Man Event", "url": "https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo6797144.html" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Consent & Sexual Misconduct β€” Survival Guide 2026", "url": "https://survival.burningman.org/survival-health-and-safety/consent-and-sexual-misconduct/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2000", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2000/" }, { "label": "Smithsonian American Art Museum β€” The Renwick’s (David) Best Temple", "url": "https://americanart.si.edu/blog/eye-level/2018/20/57599/renwicks-david-best-temple" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2018", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2018/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Survival β€” Survival Guide 2026", "url": "https://survival.burningman.org/survival-health-and-safety/survival/" } ], "parts": [ { "id": "bm-l1p1-event-city-network", "title": "Event, City, Culture, Network", "order": 1, "blurb": "Distinguish Black Rock City, Burning Man Project, the culture, and the Regional Network.", "studyGuideAnchor": "event-city-culture-network", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c001--card", "f-bm-c002--card", "f-bm-l1-event-vs-project--card", "f-bm-l1-regional-network--card", "f-bm-c001--def", "f-bm-c002--tf-false", "f-bm-l1-event-vs-project--cmp", "f-bm-l1-event-vs-project--def", "bm-q-l1p1-event-city-network", "ot-eventcity-1", "ot-eventcity-2", "ot-eventcity-3", "ot-eventcity-4", "ot-eventcity-5", "ot-cov-event-city-network-1", "ot-cov-event-city-network-2", "ot-cov-event-city-network-3", "ot-cov-event-city-network-4" ] }, { "id": "bm-l1p2-participation-principles", "title": "Participation and the Ten Principles", "order": 2, "blurb": "Explain how participation and the Ten Principles shape expectations without functioning as an original rulebook.", "studyGuideAnchor": "participation-and-the-ten-principles", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c011--card", "f-bm-c014--card", "f-bm-c015--card", "f-bm-c015--cmp", "f-bm-c016--tf-false", "f-bm-principle-civic-responsibility--concept", "f-bm-principle-communal-effort--concept", "f-bm-principle-radical-inclusion--concept", "bm-q-l1p2-participation-principles", "f-bm-principle-gifting--concept", "f-bm-principle-radical-self-reliance--concept", "f-bm-principle-radical-self-expression--concept", "f-bm-c011--cloze", "ot-participation-1", "ot-participation-2", "ot-participation-3", "ot-participation-4", "ot-participation-5" ] }, { "id": "bm-l1p3-ritual-language-belonging", "title": "Ritual, Language, and Belonging", "order": 3, "blurb": "Explain the playa, the Man burn, the Temple burn, and the culture’s varied forms of belonging.", "studyGuideAnchor": "ritual-language-and-belonging", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c018--card", "f-bm-c019--card", "f-bm-l1-playa--card", "f-bm-c019--def", "f-bm-c019--man-pair", "f-bm-c018--tf-false", "f-bm-l1-playa--ephemeral-pair", "bm-q-l1p3-ritual-language-belonging", "f-bm-l1-playa--cloze", "ot-ritual-1", "ot-ritual-2", "ot-ritual-3", "ot-ritual-4", "ot-ritual-5" ] } ], "objectives": [ { "id": "obj-l1-p1-event-city-network", "statement": "Distinguish Burning Man as an event, a city, a culture and a year-round network, rather than a music festival.", "demonstrationIds": [ "d-l1p1-event-city-network" ] }, { "id": "obj-l1-p2--partici-pation--princi-ples", "statement": "Explain the Ten Principles' 2004 origin and how Civic Responsibility, Communal Effort, and Gifting guide community life.", "demonstrationIds": [ "d-l1p2-participation-principles" ] }, { "id": "obj-l1-p3-ritual-language-belonging", "statement": "Recognise the rituals and shared vocabulary that mark belonging in Black Rock City.", "demonstrationIds": [ "d-l1p3-ritual-language-belonging" ] } ], "demonstrations": [ { "id": "d-l1p1-event-city-network", "label": "Event, City, Culture, Network", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c001--def", "f-bm-l1-event-vs-project--def", "f-bm-c002--tf-false", "ot-cov-event-city-network-1", "ot-cov-event-city-network-2", "ot-cov-event-city-network-3", "ot-cov-event-city-network-4" ], "requiredCorrect": 2 }, { "id": "d-l1p2-participation-principles", "label": "Participation and the Ten Principles", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c011--cloze", "f-bm-principle-civic-responsibility--concept", "f-bm-principle-communal-effort--concept", "f-bm-principle-gifting--concept" ], "requiredCorrect": 3 }, { "id": "d-l1p3-ritual-language-belonging", "label": "Ritual, Language, and Belonging", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c019--def", "f-bm-c019--man-pair", "f-bm-l1-playa--cloze", "f-bm-l1-playa--ephemeral-pair" ], "requiredCorrect": 3 } ], "objectiveTests": [ { "id": "test-event-city-network", "objectiveId": "obj-l1-p1-event-city-network", "title": "Event, City, or Network?", "mcqIds": [ "ot-eventcity-1", "ot-eventcity-2", "ot-eventcity-3", "ot-eventcity-4", "ot-eventcity-5", "ot-cov-event-city-network-1", "ot-cov-event-city-network-2", "ot-cov-event-city-network-3", "ot-cov-event-city-network-4" ] }, { "id": "test-participation-principles", "objectiveId": "obj-l1-p2--partici-pation--princi-ples", "title": "Participation & Decommodification", "mcqIds": [ "ot-participation-1", "ot-participation-2", "ot-participation-3", "ot-participation-4", "ot-participation-5" ] }, { "id": "test-ritual-belonging", "objectiveId": "obj-l1-p3-ritual-language-belonging", "title": "Rituals & Belonging at Burning Man", "mcqIds": [ "ot-ritual-1", "ot-ritual-2", "ot-ritual-3", "ot-ritual-4", "ot-ritual-5" ] } ] }, { "id": "bm-l2-from-beach-to-city", "title": "From Beach Burn to Black Rock City", "order": 2, "studyGuidePath": "/packs/burning-man/guides/bm-l2-from-beach-to-city.md", "sources": [ { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Timeline", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 1990", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/1990/" }, { "label": "Katherine K. Chen / University of Chicago Press β€” Enabling Creative Chaos: The Organization Behind the Burning Man Event", "url": "https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo6797144.html" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 1996", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/1996/" }, { "label": "Rod Garrett / Burning Man Journal β€” Designing Black Rock City", "url": "https://journal.burningman.org/2010/04/black-rock-city/building-brc/designing-black-rock-city/" } ], "parts": [ { "id": "bm-l2p1-baker-beach", "title": "The Baker Beach Beginning", "order": 1, "blurb": "Describe the 1986 Baker Beach burn and identify Larry Harvey and Jerry James’s roles.", "studyGuideAnchor": "the-baker-beach-beginning", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c003--card", "f-bm-l2-crowd-formed--card", "f-bm-l2-first-man-height--card", "f-bm-l2-first-man-height--num", "bm-q-l2p1-baker-beach", "ot-bm-l2-first-burn-year", "ot-bm-l2-first-man-height", "ot-bm-l2-baker-beach-contrast", "ot-cov-baker-beach-1", "ot-cov-baker-beach-2" ] }, { "id": "bm-l2p2-desert-move", "title": "The 1990 Desert Move", "order": 2, "blurb": "Explain why the 1990 move to the Black Rock Desert changed the gathering.", "studyGuideAnchor": "the-1990-desert-move", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c004--card", "f-bm-c005--card", "f-bm-c006--card", "bm-q-l2p2-desert-move", "bm-cmp-l2p2-desert-move", "ot-bm-l2-beach-burn-ban", "ot-bm-l2-desert-demand-not", "ot-cov-baker-beach-3", "ot-cov-baker-beach-4" ] }, { "id": "bm-l2p3-crisis-city-making", "title": "Crisis, Rules, and City-Making", "order": 3, "blurb": "Connect the failures of 1996 to later rules, roads, permits, and city planning.", "studyGuideAnchor": "crisis-rules-and-city-making", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c007--card", "f-bm-c008--card", "f-bm-c009--card", "f-bm-c007--num", "bm-q-l2p3-crisis-city-making", "f-bm-c009--tf-true" ] } ], "objectives": [ { "id": "obj-l2-p1-baker-beach", "statement": "Recount the 1986 Baker Beach origin and what forced the move off the beach.", "demonstrationIds": [ "d-l2p1-baker-beach" ] } ], "demonstrations": [ { "id": "d-l2p1-baker-beach", "label": "The Baker Beach Beginning", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c007--num", "f-bm-l2-first-man-height--num", "f-bm-c009--tf-true", "ot-cov-baker-beach-1", "ot-cov-baker-beach-2", "ot-cov-baker-beach-3", "ot-cov-baker-beach-4" ], "requiredCorrect": 2 } ], "objectiveTests": [ { "id": "test-bm-l2-baker-beach", "objectiveId": "obj-l2-p1-baker-beach", "title": "Baker Beach Origin & Desert Move", "mcqIds": [ "ot-bm-l2-first-burn-year", "ot-bm-l2-beach-burn-ban", "ot-bm-l2-first-man-height", "ot-bm-l2-desert-demand-not", "ot-bm-l2-baker-beach-contrast", "ot-cov-baker-beach-1", "ot-cov-baker-beach-2", "ot-cov-baker-beach-3", "ot-cov-baker-beach-4" ] } ] }, { "id": "bm-l3-city-in-practice", "title": "Black Rock City in Practice", "order": 3, "studyGuidePath": "/packs/burning-man/guides/bm-l3-city-in-practice.md", "sources": [ { "label": "Rod Garrett / Burning Man Journal β€” Designing Black Rock City", "url": "https://journal.burningman.org/2010/04/black-rock-city/building-brc/designing-black-rock-city/" }, { "label": "U.S. Bureau of Land Management β€” Burning Man Event Special Recreation Permit Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 1", "url": "https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/nepa/93518/168727/205347/Burning_Man_Event_SRP-Draft_EIS_Vol1.pdf" }, { "label": "Katherine K. Chen / University of Chicago Press β€” Enabling Creative Chaos: The Organization Behind the Burning Man Event", "url": "https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo6797144.html" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Black Rock City 2026: Axis Mundi", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/black-rock-city-2026/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” What to Pack (And What to Leave at Home) β€” Survival Guide 2026", "url": "https://survival.burningman.org/leave-no-trace/what-to-pack-and-what-to-leave-at-home/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Decommodification, Gifting, Participation and PAYticipation", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/camps/cultural-direction-setting-decommodification/commodification-gifting-decommodification-and-participation/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2014", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2014/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2011", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2011/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Black Rock City 2026 Ticket Sales", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/ticketing-information/" } ], "parts": [ { "id": "bm-l3p1-layout-infrastructure", "title": "Layout and Infrastructure", "order": 1, "blurb": "Use Black Rock City’s radial and concentric layout to explain how the temporary city functions.", "studyGuideAnchor": "layout-and-infrastructure", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c020--card", "f-bm-c021--card", "f-bm-c023--card", "bm-q-l3p1-layout-infrastructure", "f-bm-c023--tf-false", "ot-bm-l3-layout-1", "ot-bm-l3-layout-2", "ot-bm-l3-layout-3", "ot-bm-l3-layout-4", "ot-bm-l3-layout-5", "ot-cov-layout-infrastructure-1", "ot-cov-layout-infrastructure-2" ] }, { "id": "bm-l3p2-camps-volunteering", "title": "Camps, Volunteering, and Civic Life", "order": 2, "blurb": "Distinguish theme camps, open camping, volunteering, paid work, and public-agency roles.", "studyGuideAnchor": "camps-volunteering-and-civic-life", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c022--card", "f-bm-c051--card", "f-bm-l3-open-camping--card", "f-bm-l3-volunteer-city--card", "f-bm-c022--cmp", "f-bm-c022--def", "f-bm-c022--placed-pair", "f-bm-c022--tf-true", "bm-q-l3p2-camps-volunteering", "f-bm-l3-volunteer-city--tf-false", "ot-bm-l3-camps-vol-1", "ot-bm-l3-camps-vol-2", "ot-bm-l3-camps-vol-3", "ot-bm-l3-camps-vol-4", "ot-bm-l3-camps-vol-5", "ot-cov-camps-volunteering-1", "ot-cov-camps-volunteering-2" ] }, { "id": "bm-l3p3-capacity-access", "title": "Capacity, Tickets, and Access", "order": 3, "blurb": "Explain how capacity, ticket systems, and reduced-price programs shape access.", "studyGuideAnchor": "capacity-tickets-and-access", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c024--card", "f-bm-c025--card", "f-bm-l3-ticket-aid--card", "f-bm-l3-ticket-aid--num", "bm-q-l3p3-capacity-access" ] } ], "objectives": [ { "id": "obj-l3-p1-layout-infrastructure", "statement": "Describe how Black Rock City is laid out and what infrastructure the org provides.", "demonstrationIds": [ "d-l3p1-layout-infrastructure" ] }, { "id": "obj-l3-p2-cam-ps-volunteering", "statement": "Explain how theme camps and volunteering carry the civic work of the city.", "demonstrationIds": [ "d-l3p2-camps-volunteering" ] } ], "demonstrations": [ { "id": "d-l3p1-layout-infrastructure", "label": "Layout and Infrastructure", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c022--def", "f-bm-c022--placed-pair", "f-bm-c022--tf-true", "f-bm-c023--tf-false", "ot-cov-layout-infrastructure-1", "ot-cov-layout-infrastructure-2" ], "requiredCorrect": 3 }, { "id": "d-l3p2-camps-volunteering", "label": "Camps, Volunteering, and Civic Life", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c022--def", "f-bm-c022--placed-pair", "f-bm-c022--tf-true", "f-bm-l3-volunteer-city--tf-false", "ot-cov-camps-volunteering-1", "ot-cov-camps-volunteering-2" ], "requiredCorrect": 3 } ], "objectiveTests": [ { "id": "test-bm-l3-layout", "objectiveId": "obj-l3-p1-layout-infrastructure", "title": "BRC Layout & Infrastructure", "mcqIds": [ "ot-bm-l3-layout-1", "ot-bm-l3-layout-2", "ot-bm-l3-layout-3", "ot-bm-l3-layout-4", "ot-bm-l3-layout-5", "ot-cov-layout-infrastructure-1", "ot-cov-layout-infrastructure-2" ] }, { "id": "test-bm-l3-camps-vol", "objectiveId": "obj-l3-p2-cam-ps-volunteering", "title": "Camps & Volunteering", "mcqIds": [ "ot-bm-l3-camps-vol-1", "ot-bm-l3-camps-vol-2", "ot-bm-l3-camps-vol-3", "ot-bm-l3-camps-vol-4", "ot-bm-l3-camps-vol-5", "ot-cov-camps-volunteering-1", "ot-cov-camps-volunteering-2" ] } ] }, { "id": "bm-l4-art-and-vehicles", "title": "Art, Temples, and Mutant Vehicles", "order": 4, "studyGuidePath": "/packs/burning-man/guides/bm-l4-art-and-vehicles.md", "sources": [ { "label": "Smithsonian American Art Museum β€” Online Gallery for No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man", "url": "https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/burning-man/online" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2023", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2023/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2014", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2014/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2018", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2018/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2000", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2000/" }, { "label": "Smithsonian American Art Museum β€” The Renwick’s (David) Best Temple", "url": "https://americanart.si.edu/blog/eye-level/2018/20/57599/renwicks-david-best-temple" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Bring Your Mutant Vehicle", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/bring-your-mutant-vehicle/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Accessibility Vehicle Operator’s Handbook", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/bring-your-mutant-vehicle/accessibility-vehicle-operators-handbook/" }, { "label": "Smithsonian American Art Museum β€” Duane Flatmo", "url": "https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/burning-man/online/duane-flatmo" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” The Evolution of Robot Heart", "url": "https://burningman.org/podcast/the-evolution-of-robot-heart/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Journal β€” From Mayan Warrior to the Super Bowl", "url": "https://journal.burningman.org/2024/08/black-rock-city/building-brc/inspiring-sustainability-worldwide/" }, { "label": "Associated Press β€” Will the Burning Man experiment last 30 more years?", "url": "https://apnews.com/article/burning-man-festival-nevada-future-evolution-environment-7d4a7d27907c39bb053ac9fef5dde662" } ], "parts": [ { "id": "bm-l4p1-playa-art", "title": "How Playa Art Works", "order": 1, "blurb": "Explain how playa art is funded, built, experienced, and removed.", "studyGuideAnchor": "how-playa-art-works", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c026--card", "f-bm-c027--card", "f-bm-l4-honoraria-partial--card", "f-bm-l4-honoraria-partial--def", "bm-q-l4p1-playa-art", "f-bm-c026--cloze", "ot-playa-art-1", "ot-playa-art-2", "ot-playa-art-3", "ot-playa-art-4", "ot-playa-art-5", "ot-cov-playa-art-1", "ot-cov-playa-art-2", "ot-cov-playa-art-3", "ot-cov-playa-art-4" ] }, { "id": "bm-l4p2-temple-landmarks", "title": "The Temple and Landmark Works", "order": 2, "blurb": "Recognize the Temple tradition and selected landmark works as illustrative examples.", "studyGuideAnchor": "the-temple-and-landmark-works", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c028--card", "f-bm-c030--card", "f-bm-c032--card", "bm-q-l4p2-temple-landmarks", "bm-cmp-l4p2-temple-landmarks", "f-bm-c029--tf-true", "ot-cov-playa-art-6" ] }, { "id": "bm-l4p3-mutant-vehicles", "title": "Mutant Vehicles and Mobile Worlds", "order": 3, "blurb": "Define Mutant Vehicles and distinguish their artistic, transport, sound, fire, and accessibility roles.", "studyGuideAnchor": "mutant-vehicles-and-mobile-worlds", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c033--card", "f-bm-c034--card", "f-bm-c035--card", "f-bm-c033--def", "f-bm-c034--pair", "bm-q-l4p3-mutant-vehicles", "bm-cmp-l4p3-vehicle-origins" ] } ], "objectives": [ { "id": "obj-l4-p1--playa-art", "statement": "Explain how playa art is funded, sited and encountered differently from gallery art.", "demonstrationIds": [ "d-l4p1-playa-art" ] } ], "demonstrations": [ { "id": "d-l4p1-playa-art", "label": "How Playa Art Works", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c026--cloze", "f-bm-c033--def", "f-bm-l4-honoraria-partial--def", "f-bm-c029--tf-true", "ot-cov-playa-art-1", "ot-cov-playa-art-2", "ot-cov-playa-art-3", "ot-cov-playa-art-4", "ot-cov-playa-art-6" ], "requiredCorrect": 3 } ], "objectiveTests": [ { "id": "test-playa-art", "objectiveId": "obj-l4-p1--playa-art", "title": "Playa Art Basics", "mcqIds": [ "ot-playa-art-1", "ot-playa-art-2", "ot-playa-art-3", "ot-playa-art-4", "ot-playa-art-5", "ot-cov-playa-art-1", "ot-cov-playa-art-2", "ot-cov-playa-art-3", "ot-cov-playa-art-4", "ot-cov-playa-art-6" ] } ] }, { "id": "bm-l5-people-and-milestones", "title": "People and Milestones", "order": 5, "studyGuidePath": "/packs/burning-man/guides/bm-l5-people-and-milestones.md", "sources": [ { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 1990", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/1990/" }, { "label": "Rod Garrett / Burning Man Journal β€” Designing Black Rock City", "url": "https://journal.burningman.org/2010/04/black-rock-city/building-brc/designing-black-rock-city/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2014", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2014/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 1996", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/1996/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Timeline", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” The 10 Principles", "url": "https://burningman.org/about-us/10-principles/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2000", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2000/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” History of the Regional Network", "url": "https://burningman.org/global-events-groups/burning-man-regional-network/history-of-the-regional-network/" }, { "label": "Graham St John / University of Huddersfield β€” Burnerverse: The Borderland, Midburn, and the Global Event Culture of Burning Man", "url": "https://pure.hud.ac.uk/en/publications/burnerverse-the-borderland-midburn-and-the-global-event-culture-o/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2020", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2020/" } ], "parts": [ { "id": "bm-l5p1-people", "title": "People Who Built the Story", "order": 1, "blurb": "Recognize six contributors and connect each person to a distinct phase or function.", "studyGuideAnchor": "people-who-built-the-story", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-l5-collective-history--card", "f-bm-l5-credit-by-phase--card", "f-bm-l5-roles-change--card", "f-bm-person-crimson-rose--concept", "f-bm-person-jerry-james--concept", "f-bm-person-john-law--concept", "f-bm-person-larry-harvey--concept", "f-bm-person-marian-goodell--concept", "f-bm-person-michael-mikel--concept", "bm-q-l5p1-people", "ot-bm-l5-people-harvey", "ot-bm-l5-people-james", "ot-bm-l5-people-phase", "ot-bm-l5-people-rose", "ot-bm-l5-people-law" ] }, { "id": "bm-l5p2-milestones", "title": "A Timeline of Turning Points", "order": 2, "blurb": "Place six turning points from 1986 through 2014 in chronological order.", "studyGuideAnchor": "a-timeline-of-turning-points", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-milestone-crisis-year--card", "f-bm-milestone-desert-move--card", "f-bm-milestone-first-burn--card", "f-bm-milestone-crisis-year--numq", "f-bm-milestone-desert-move--num", "f-bm-milestone-first-burn--numq", "f-bm-milestone-nonprofit-transition--num", "f-bm-milestone-principles-written--numq", "f-bm-milestone-temple-begins--numq", "ot-bm-l5-mile-desert-year", "ot-bm-l5-mile-nonprofit-year", "ot-bm-l5-mile-before-crisis", "ot-bm-l5-mile-temple-vs-principles", "ot-bm-l5-mile-goodell-nonprofit", "ot-cov-l5-p2-milestones-1", "ot-cov-l5-p2-milestones-2" ] }, { "id": "bm-l5p3-beyond-black-rock", "title": "Beyond Black Rock City", "order": 3, "blurb": "Explain how Regional Events and cancellation-era activity extend Burning Man beyond Black Rock City.", "studyGuideAnchor": "beyond-black-rock-city", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c060--card", "f-bm-c061--card", "f-bm-l5-regionals-mutate--card", "bm-q-l5p3-beyond-black-rock", "f-bm-c061--cmp", "bm-q-l5p3-regional-history" ] } ], "objectives": [ { "id": "obj-l5-p1--peo-ple", "statement": "Identify the people whose decisions shaped Burning Man and what each contributed.", "demonstrationIds": [ "d-l5p1-people" ] }, { "id": "obj-l5-p2-milestones", "statement": "Place the turning points of the history of Burning Man in order.", "demonstrationIds": [ "d-l5p2-milestones" ] } ], "demonstrations": [ { "id": "d-l5p1-people", "label": "People Who Built the Story", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-person-crimson-rose--concept", "f-bm-person-jerry-james--concept", "f-bm-person-john-law--concept", "f-bm-person-larry-harvey--concept" ], "requiredCorrect": 3 }, { "id": "d-l5p2-milestones", "label": "A Timeline of Turning Points", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-person-marian-goodell--concept", "f-bm-person-michael-mikel--concept", "f-bm-milestone-desert-move--num", "f-bm-milestone-nonprofit-transition--num", "ot-cov-l5-p2-milestones-1", "ot-cov-l5-p2-milestones-2" ], "requiredCorrect": 3 } ], "objectiveTests": [ { "id": "test-bm-l5-people", "objectiveId": "obj-l5-p1--peo-ple", "title": "People Who Shaped It", "mcqIds": [ "ot-bm-l5-people-harvey", "ot-bm-l5-people-james", "ot-bm-l5-people-phase", "ot-bm-l5-people-rose", "ot-bm-l5-people-law" ] }, { "id": "test-bm-l5-milestones", "objectiveId": "obj-l5-p2-milestones", "title": "Timeline of Turning Points", "mcqIds": [ "ot-bm-l5-mile-desert-year", "ot-bm-l5-mile-nonprofit-year", "ot-bm-l5-mile-before-crisis", "ot-bm-l5-mile-temple-vs-principles", "ot-bm-l5-mile-goodell-nonprofit", "ot-cov-l5-p2-milestones-1", "ot-cov-l5-p2-milestones-2" ] } ] }, { "id": "bm-l6-ideals-and-contradictions", "title": "Ideals and Contradictions", "order": 6, "studyGuidePath": "/packs/burning-man/guides/bm-l6-ideals-and-contradictions.md", "sources": [ { "label": "U.S. Bureau of Land Management β€” Burning Man Event Special Recreation Permit Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 1", "url": "https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/nepa/93518/168727/205347/Burning_Man_Event_SRP-Draft_EIS_Vol1.pdf" }, { "label": "Associated Press β€” Will the Burning Man experiment last 30 more years?", "url": "https://apnews.com/article/burning-man-festival-nevada-future-evolution-environment-7d4a7d27907c39bb053ac9fef5dde662" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” What to Pack (And What to Leave at Home) β€” Survival Guide 2026", "url": "https://survival.burningman.org/leave-no-trace/what-to-pack-and-what-to-leave-at-home/" }, { "label": "U.S. Bureau of Land Management β€” Record of Decision", "url": "https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/nepa/93518/176996/215688/ROD_BurningManSRP_20190716_508.pdf" }, { "label": "Chairman James Phoenix / Burning Man Journal β€” A Message from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe to All BRC Citizens", "url": "https://journal.burningman.org/2023/07/black-rock-city/leaving-no-trace/pyramid-lake-paiute-tribe-message/" }, { "label": "Northern Nevada Business Weekly β€” How does Burning Man affect Pyramid Lake Paiute community?", "url": "https://www.nnbw.com/news/2017/aug/15/how-does-burning-man-affect-pyramid-lake-paiute-co/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Black Rock City 2026 Ticket Sales", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/ticketing-information/" }, { "label": "Black Rock City Census β€” Black Rock City Census 2024 β€” Demographics and social characteristics", "url": "https://blackrockcitycensus.org/sociodemo.html" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Decommodification, Gifting, Participation and PAYticipation", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/camps/cultural-direction-setting-decommodification/commodification-gifting-decommodification-and-participation/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2014", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2014/" }, { "label": "Katherine K. Chen / University of Chicago Press β€” Enabling Creative Chaos: The Organization Behind the Burning Man Event", "url": "https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo6797144.html" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 1996", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/1996/" } ], "parts": [ { "id": "bm-l6p1-environment-public-land", "title": "Environment and Public Land", "order": 1, "blurb": "Evaluate Leave No Trace alongside the event’s wider public-land and environmental impacts.", "studyGuideAnchor": "environment-and-public-land", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c038--card", "f-bm-c039--card", "f-bm-l6-blm-cap--card", "f-bm-c039--def", "f-bm-c038--pair", "f-bm-l6-blm-cap--num", "bm-q-l6p1-environment-public-land", "ot-env-1", "ot-env-2", "ot-env-3", "ot-env-4", "ot-env-5" ] }, { "id": "bm-l6p2-neighbors-tribal-context", "title": "Neighbors and Tribal Context", "order": 2, "blurb": "Explain how travel and event activity create both benefits and burdens for nearby and Tribal communities.", "studyGuideAnchor": "neighbors-and-tribal-context", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c040--card", "f-bm-l6-local-tradeoffs--card", "f-bm-l6-tribal-homeland--card", "bm-q-l6p2-neighbors-tribal-context", "f-bm-l6-tribal-homeland--tf-true", "ot-neigh-1", "ot-neigh-2", "ot-neigh-3", "ot-neigh-4", "ot-neigh-5", "ot-cov-l6-p2-neighbors-tribal-context-1", "ot-cov-l6-p2-neighbors-tribal-context-2" ] }, { "id": "bm-l6p3-money-labor-governance", "title": "Money, Labor, and Governance", "order": 3, "blurb": "Evaluate tensions involving inclusion, cost, turnkey services, volunteer labor, and organizational control.", "studyGuideAnchor": "money-labor-and-governance", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c041--card", "f-bm-c042--cloze", "f-bm-c043--pair", "bm-q-l6p3-money-labor-governance", "f-bm-c041--tf-true", "ot-gov-1", "ot-gov-2", "ot-gov-3", "ot-gov-4", "ot-gov-5" ] } ], "objectives": [ { "id": "obj-l6-p1-environment--public-land", "statement": "Explain Leave No Trace and the obligations of operating on federal public land.", "demonstrationIds": [ "d-l6p1-environment-public-land" ] }, { "id": "obj-l6-p2-neighbors-tribal-context", "statement": "Describe the events relationships with neighbouring communities and tribal nations.", "demonstrationIds": [ "d-l6p2-neighbors-tribal-context" ] }, { "id": "obj-l6-p3-money-labor-governance", "statement": "Explain how the organisation is funded and governed, and where its labour comes from.", "demonstrationIds": [ "d-l6p3-money-labor-governance" ] } ], "demonstrations": [ { "id": "d-l6p1-environment-public-land", "label": "Environment and Public Land", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c038--pair", "f-bm-c039--def", "f-bm-l6-blm-cap--num" ], "requiredCorrect": 2 }, { "id": "d-l6p2-neighbors-tribal-context", "label": "Neighbors and Tribal Context", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c042--cloze", "f-bm-c043--pair", "f-bm-c041--tf-true", "f-bm-l6-tribal-homeland--tf-true", "ot-cov-l6-p2-neighbors-tribal-context-1", "ot-cov-l6-p2-neighbors-tribal-context-2" ], "requiredCorrect": 3 }, { "id": "d-l6p3-money-labor-governance", "label": "Money, Labor, and Governance", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c042--cloze", "f-bm-c043--pair", "f-bm-c041--tf-true" ], "requiredCorrect": 2 } ], "objectiveTests": [ { "id": "test-env-public-land", "objectiveId": "obj-l6-p1-environment--public-land", "title": "Environment and Public Land", "mcqIds": [ "ot-env-1", "ot-env-2", "ot-env-3", "ot-env-4", "ot-env-5" ] }, { "id": "test-neighbors-tribal", "objectiveId": "obj-l6-p2-neighbors-tribal-context", "title": "Neighbors and Tribal Context", "mcqIds": [ "ot-neigh-1", "ot-neigh-2", "ot-neigh-3", "ot-neigh-4", "ot-neigh-5", "ot-cov-l6-p2-neighbors-tribal-context-1", "ot-cov-l6-p2-neighbors-tribal-context-2" ] }, { "id": "test-money-labor-governance", "objectiveId": "obj-l6-p3-money-labor-governance", "title": "Money, Labor, and Governance", "mcqIds": [ "ot-gov-1", "ot-gov-2", "ot-gov-3", "ot-gov-4", "ot-gov-5" ] } ] }, { "id": "bm-l7-safety-and-access", "title": "Safety, Consent, and Access", "order": 7, "studyGuidePath": "/packs/burning-man/guides/bm-l7-safety-and-access.md", "sources": [ { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Consent & Sexual Misconduct β€” Survival Guide 2026", "url": "https://survival.burningman.org/survival-health-and-safety/consent-and-sexual-misconduct/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Sexual Misconduct Awareness, Education and Prevention", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/preparation/health-safety/sexual-misconduct/" }, { "label": "Salon β€” Sexual assault survivors say Burning Man has a sex crime problem", "url": "https://www.salon.com/2019/05/17/exclusive-burning-man-is-supposed-to-be-a-safe-space-sexual-assault-survivors-say-its-not/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Accessibility Vehicle Operator’s Handbook", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/bring-your-mutant-vehicle/accessibility-vehicle-operators-handbook/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Black Rock City 2026: Axis Mundi", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/black-rock-city-2026/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Survival β€” Survival Guide 2026", "url": "https://survival.burningman.org/survival-health-and-safety/survival/" } ], "parts": [ { "id": "bm-l7p1-consent-support", "title": "Consent and Boundaries", "order": 1, "blurb": "Apply specific, reversible consent to touch, intimacy, intoxication, photography, and publication.", "studyGuideAnchor": "consent-and-boundaries", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c055--card", "f-bm-l7-capacity-to-consent--card", "f-bm-l7-photo-permission--card", "f-bm-c055--tf-true", "f-bm-l7-capacity-to-consent--tf-false", "bm-q-l7p1-consent-support", "ot-bm-l7-consent-scope", "ot-bm-l7-capacity-consent" ] }, { "id": "bm-l7p2-getting-help", "title": "Getting Help in Black Rock City", "order": 2, "blurb": "Match non-consensual contact, emotional overwhelm, and mental-health crises to available support routes.", "studyGuideAnchor": "getting-help-in-black-rock-city", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c045--card", "f-bm-c056--card", "f-bm-l7-crisis-support--card", "bm-q-l7p2-getting-help", "f-bm-l7-crisis-support--tf-false", "ot-bm-l7-green-dot", "ot-bm-l7-crisis-team", "ot-cov-l7-p1-consent-support-1", "ot-cov-l7-p1-consent-support-2" ] }, { "id": "bm-l7p3-accessibility-health", "title": "Accessibility and Health Planning", "order": 3, "blurb": "Plan around documented accessibility supports and the limits of medical services in a remote temporary city.", "studyGuideAnchor": "accessibility-and-health-planning", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c057--card", "f-bm-l7-access-supports--card", "f-bm-l7-remote-care--card", "bm-q-l7p3-accessibility-health", "f-bm-l7-access-supports--tf-true", "ot-bm-l7-access-supports" ] } ], "objectives": [ { "id": "obj-l7-p1-consent-su-p-port", "statement": "Apply the consent norms the community expects and knows how to enforce.", "demonstrationIds": [ "d-l7p1-consent-support" ] } ], "demonstrations": [ { "id": "d-l7p1-consent-support", "label": "Consent and Boundaries", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c055--tf-true", "f-bm-l7-access-supports--tf-true", "f-bm-l7-capacity-to-consent--tf-false", "f-bm-l7-crisis-support--tf-false", "ot-cov-l7-p1-consent-support-1", "ot-cov-l7-p1-consent-support-2" ], "requiredCorrect": 3 } ], "objectiveTests": [ { "id": "test-bm-l7-safety-access", "objectiveId": "obj-l7-p1-consent-su-p-port", "title": "Consent, Access & Crisis Support", "mcqIds": [ "ot-bm-l7-consent-scope", "ot-bm-l7-capacity-consent", "ot-bm-l7-access-supports", "ot-bm-l7-green-dot", "ot-bm-l7-crisis-team", "ot-cov-l7-p1-consent-support-1", "ot-cov-l7-p1-consent-support-2" ] } ] }, { "id": "bm-l8-first-burn", "title": "Planning Your First Burn", "order": 8, "studyGuidePath": "/packs/burning-man/guides/bm-l8-first-burn.md", "sources": [ { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Survival β€” Survival Guide 2026", "url": "https://survival.burningman.org/survival-health-and-safety/survival/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” What to Pack (And What to Leave at Home) β€” Survival Guide 2026", "url": "https://survival.burningman.org/leave-no-trace/what-to-pack-and-what-to-leave-at-home/" }, { "label": "Associated Press β€” Will the Burning Man experiment last 30 more years?", "url": "https://apnews.com/article/burning-man-festival-nevada-future-evolution-environment-7d4a7d27907c39bb053ac9fef5dde662" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Black Rock City 2026: Axis Mundi", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/black-rock-city-2026/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Black Rock City 2026 Ticket Sales", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/ticketing-information/" }, { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2023", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2023/" }, { "label": "Associated Press β€” Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site", "url": "https://apnews.com/article/d6cd88ee009c6e1f6d2d92739ec1ca18" } ], "parts": [ { "id": "bm-l8p1-fit-tickets-budget", "title": "Fit, Tickets, Time, and Budget", "order": 1, "blurb": "Evaluate personal fit and build a dated ticket, time, and full-cost plan.", "studyGuideAnchor": "fit-tickets-time-and-budget", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c047--card", "f-bm-c048--card", "f-bm-c050--card", "f-bm-c049--def", "bm-q-l8p1-fit-tickets-budget", "ot-fit-tickets-budget-1", "ot-fit-tickets-budget-2", "ot-fit-tickets-budget-3", "ot-fit-tickets-budget-4", "ot-fit-tickets-budget-5", "ot-cov-l8-p1-fit-tickets-budget-1", "ot-cov-l8-p1-fit-tickets-budget-2", "ot-cov-l8-p1-fit-tickets-budget-3", "ot-cov-l8-p1-fit-tickets-budget-4", "ot-cov-l8-p1-fit-tickets-budget-5", "ot-cov-l8-p1-fit-tickets-budget-6" ] }, { "id": "bm-l8p2-shelter-water-weather", "title": "Shelter, Water, Dust, and Weather", "order": 2, "blurb": "Prepare shelter, shade, water, clothing, lighting, medication, and a whiteout response.", "studyGuideAnchor": "shelter-water-dust-and-weather", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c052--card", "f-bm-c053--card", "f-bm-c054--card", "f-bm-c052--num", "f-bm-c053--tf-true", "bm-q-l8p2-shelter-water-weather", "f-bm-c052--tf-false", "ot-shelter-water-weather-1", "ot-shelter-water-weather-2", "ot-shelter-water-weather-3", "ot-shelter-water-weather-4", "ot-shelter-water-weather-5" ] }, { "id": "bm-l8p3-arrival-week-return", "title": "Arrival, the Week, and the Return", "order": 3, "blurb": "Plan arrival, disruption tolerance, Leave No Trace, Exodus, rest, and the trip home.", "studyGuideAnchor": "arrival-the-week-and-the-return", "itemIds": [ "f-bm-c058--card", "f-bm-c059--card", "f-bm-c064--card", "f-bm-c059--tf-true", "bm-q-l8p3-arrival-week-return" ] } ], "objectives": [ { "id": "obj-l8-p1-fit-tickets-budget", "statement": "Judge whether attending fits your circumstances, and plan tickets, time and budget.", "demonstrationIds": [ "d-l8p1-fit-tickets-budget" ] }, { "id": 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"f-bm-c030--card", "shape": "fact", "title": "Safety embodied at scale", "body": "Marco Cochrane’s Truth is Beauty debuted at Burning Man in 2013 and used a monumental female figure to ask how women might move if safe.", "source": { "label": "Smithsonian American Art Museum β€” Online Gallery for No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man", "url": "https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/burning-man/online" }, "tags": [ "bm-l4p2-temple-landmarks", "bm-l4-art-and-vehicles" ], "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "festival safety marshals in a desert crowd", "entityTerm": "Burning Man", "imagePrompt": "A documentary photograph of festival safety marshals in a desert crowd.", "alt": "Safety embodied at scale", "depictable": true, "credit": "Wikimedia Commons Β· see source", "creditUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burning_man.jpg", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/burning-man/images/f-bm-c030--card.webp" }, "uid": "pl9vaws7y2u8" }, { "id": "f-bm-c032--card", 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"uid": "1371e6t6dheg7" }, { "id": "f-bm-c033--card", "shape": "fact", "title": "Mutant Vehicle", "body": "A Mutant Vehicle is an art vehicle built from scratch or transformed so extensively that it is more than a normally decorated car, and it must be invited and pass on-playa DMV inspection to operate. 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recognized flame-effect mutant vehicle.", "source": { "label": "Smithsonian American Art Museum β€” Duane Flatmo", "url": "https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/burning-man/online/duane-flatmo" }, "tags": [ "bm-l4p3-mutant-vehicles", "bm-l4-art-and-vehicles" ], "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "an elaborately decorated art car in the desert", "entityTerm": "Burning Man", "imagePrompt": "A clear documentary photograph of an elaborately decorated art car in the desert.", "alt": "Mutant Vehicles", "depictable": true, "credit": "Pexels Β· A vibrant custom-decorated truck showcasing traditional art in a desert setting.", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-truck-with-customized-decorations-at-the-front-19777849/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/burning-man/images/f-bm-c034--card.webp" }, "uid": "10hpzb91ydc8t7" }, { "id": "f-bm-c035--card", "shape": "fact", "title": "Mutant Vehicles", "body": "Robot Heart began on playa in 2008 as a converted 1972 English double-decker bus and helped make mobile deep-playa sound gatherings a prominent part of later Burner culture.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” The Evolution of Robot Heart", "url": "https://burningman.org/podcast/the-evolution-of-robot-heart/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l4p3-mutant-vehicles", "bm-l4-art-and-vehicles" ], "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "an elaborately decorated art car in the desert", "entityTerm": "Burning Man", "imagePrompt": "A clear documentary photograph of an elaborately decorated art car in the desert.", "alt": "Mutant Vehicles", "depictable": true, "credit": "Pexels Β· A horseman in Maradi wearing traditional attire and an elaborately decorated saddle, showcasing cultural heritage.", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/maradi-horseman-in-traditional-attire-with-elaborate-saddle-38113993/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/burning-man/images/f-bm-c035--card.webp" }, "uid": "178y4nuh8hbdm" }, { "id": "f-bm-c033--def", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Mutant Vehicle" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "A radically transformed licensed art vehicle." }, "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Bring Your Mutant Vehicle", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/bring-your-mutant-vehicle/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l4p3-mutant-vehicles", "bm-l4-art-and-vehicles" ], "uid": "zl9bapjmzj0f" }, { "id": "f-bm-c034--pair", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "El Pulpo Mecanico" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Recycled-scrap flame vehicle that debuted in 2011" }, "source": { "label": "Smithsonian American Art Museum β€” Duane Flatmo", "url": "https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/burning-man/online/duane-flatmo" }, "tags": [ "bm-l4p3-mutant-vehicles", "bm-l4-art-and-vehicles", "pair" ], "uid": "18g92ow1fb9k64" }, { "id": "bm-q-l4p3-mutant-vehicles", "shape": "mcqLong", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What must a Mutant Vehicle do to operate on playa?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Be radically transformed, invited, and pass DMV inspection", "short": "Transform, be invited, pass inspection" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Receive an art Honorarium before applying for inspection", "short": "Receive an Honorarium first" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Rely on ordinary state registration instead of playa inspection", "short": "Use state registration only" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Be decorated and registered as a camp support vehicle", "short": "Register as a camp vehicle" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "It must be radically transformed, invited, and pass an on-playa Department of Mutant Vehicles inspection.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Bring Your Mutant Vehicle", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/bring-your-mutant-vehicle/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l4p3-mutant-vehicles", "bm-l4-art-and-vehicles", "quiz" ], "uid": "5wmq601egcj4s" }, { "id": "bm-cmp-l4p3-vehicle-origins", "shape": "comparison", "prompt": "Which origin is correctly matched to the vehicle?", "correct": { "caption": "Robot Heart began as a converted double-decker bus" }, "incorrect": { "caption": "El Pulpo Mecanico began as an English double-decker bus" }, "explanation": "Robot Heart began as a converted 1972 English double-decker bus; El Pulpo Mecanico was created from recycled scrap.", "source": { "label": "Smithsonian American Art Museum β€” Duane Flatmo", "url": "https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/burning-man/online/duane-flatmo" }, "tags": [ "bm-l4p3-mutant-vehicles", "bm-l4-art-and-vehicles", "comparison" ], "uid": "8s3op4184ntz0" }, { "id": "f-bm-l5-collective-history--card", "shape": "fact", "title": "No single-founder story", "body": "Burning Man’s history is a collective story spanning builders, Cacophony organizers, artists, city designers, operations leaders, and volunteers.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 1990", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/1990/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p1-people", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "uid": "1pnsvbnjy5k7x" }, { "id": "f-bm-l5-credit-by-phase--card", "shape": "fact", "title": "Credit the work by phase", "body": "Crediting contributors by phase makes the history more accurate than treating one founder as the sole author of the event.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 1990", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/1990/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p1-people", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "uid": "1w8oj6js06rr5" }, { "id": "f-bm-l5-roles-change--card", "shape": "fact", "title": "Leadership changed with scale", "body": "The people most visible in Burning Man’s history changed as the project moved from a beach ritual to a desert city and then a nonprofit network.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2014", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2014/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p1-people", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "uid": "1d7vme11rkju9f" }, { "id": "f-bm-person-crimson-rose--concept", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "person", "name": "Crimson Rose", "clues": [ "One of Burning Man’s long-term organizers", "Helped build its fire-art culture" ], "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2014", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2014/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p1-people", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "uid": "ejlh25ma3xqf" }, { "id": "f-bm-person-jerry-james--concept", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "person", "name": "Jerry James", "clues": [ "Worked at the Baker Beach origin", "Co-built the first wooden figure" ], "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2014", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2014/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p1-people", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "uid": "opsfve8aszy2" }, { "id": "f-bm-person-john-law--concept", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "person", "name": "John Law", "clues": [ "Helped shape Burning Man’s early desert era", "Connected the event with the Cacophony Society" ], "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2014", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2014/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p1-people", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "uid": "to69xuf8mh1i" }, { "id": "f-bm-person-larry-harvey--concept", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "person", "name": "Larry Harvey", "clues": [ "Co-built the first Man", "Wrote the Ten Principles in 2004" ], "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2014", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2014/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p1-people", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "uid": "16fpg701cdhrms" }, { "id": "f-bm-person-marian-goodell--concept", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "person", "name": "Marian Goodell", "clues": [ "A long-term organizational leader", "Associated with the nonprofit era" ], "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2014", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2014/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p1-people", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "uid": "x2utmz19jshcx" }, { "id": "f-bm-person-michael-mikel--concept", "shape": "concept", "conceptKind": "person", "name": "Michael Mikel", "clues": [ "Helped sustain Burning Man beyond its beach beginnings", "Organized early desert operations and community" ], "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2014", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2014/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p1-people", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "uid": "t2feggbao7k" }, { "id": "bm-q-l5p1-people", "shape": "mcqLong", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Why is Burning Man’s history best credited by phase?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Volunteer 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"options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "1996" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "2014" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "2000" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "2004" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "On the turning-point timeline, β€œThe crisis that accelerated formal organization” is placed at 1996.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 1996", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/1996/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p2-milestones", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "uid": "23a0iedg0i6" }, { "id": "f-bm-milestone-desert-move--num", "shape": "numeric", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "In which year did the first Black Rock Desert burn take place?" }, "value": 1990, "unit": "year", "tolerance": 0, "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 1990", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/1990/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p2-milestones", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "uid": "1rzwl0putqzpn" }, { "id": "f-bm-milestone-first-burn--numq", "shape": "mcqShort", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "In which year did the first Baker Beach burn take place?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "1996" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "2004" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "2000" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "1986" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "On the turning-point timeline, β€œThe first Baker Beach burn” is placed at 1986.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Timeline", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p2-milestones", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "uid": "1do43w0m6tuws" }, { "id": "f-bm-milestone-nonprofit-transition--num", "shape": "numeric", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "In which year did Burning Man Project complete its nonprofit transition?" }, "value": 2014, "unit": "year", "tolerance": 0, "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 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"https://burningman.org/global-events-groups/burning-man-regional-network/history-of-the-regional-network/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p3-beyond-black-rock", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "a large crowd at a desert festival", "entityTerm": "Burning Man", "imagePrompt": "A clear documentary photograph of a large crowd at a desert festival.", "alt": "Regionals", "depictable": true, "credit": "Pexels Β· Aerial view of a colorful traditional festival with a large crowd in beautiful attire.", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/traditional-festival-in-an-african-city-24275069/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/burning-man/images/f-bm-c060--card.webp" }, "uid": "1axxgoi1rgw316" }, { "id": "f-bm-c061--card", "shape": "fact", "title": "Pandemic", "body": "Official Black Rock City was cancelled in 2020 and 2021, while virtual and unofficial gatherings showed the culture was larger than the event.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project History β€” Burning Man Timeline β€” 2020", "url": "https://history.burningman.org/timeline/2020/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p3-beyond-black-rock", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "uid": "4odlh31919m0h" }, { "id": "f-bm-l5-regionals-mutate--card", "shape": "fact", "title": "Regional culture changes locally", "body": "Regional Events adapt the culture to local communities rather than reproducing Black Rock City exactly.", "source": { "label": "Graham St John / University of Huddersfield β€” Burnerverse: The Borderland, Midburn, and the Global Event Culture of Burning Man", "url": "https://pure.hud.ac.uk/en/publications/burnerverse-the-borderland-midburn-and-the-global-event-culture-o/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l5p3-beyond-black-rock", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones" ], "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "a large crowd at a desert festival", "entityTerm": "Burning Man", "imagePrompt": "A clear documentary photograph of a large crowd at a desert festival.", "alt": "Regional 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"bm-l5p3-beyond-black-rock", "bm-l5-people-and-milestones", "mcq" ], "uid": "1ew12vy1q5ls8u" }, { "id": "f-bm-c038--card", "shape": "fact", "title": "Criticism", "body": "The event's remote public-land setting creates documented impacts involving traffic, air quality, dust, waste, cultural resources, public health, and nearby communities.", "source": { "label": "U.S. Bureau of Land Management β€” Burning Man Event Special Recreation Permit Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 1", "url": "https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/nepa/93518/168727/205347/Burning_Man_Event_SRP-Draft_EIS_Vol1.pdf" }, "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "desert highway traffic", "imagePrompt": "Wide documentary photograph of several vehicles traveling along a paved highway through a remote arid public-land landscape, restrained natural color, realistic daylight, visible distance and sparse terrain, no event branding, no disaster staging, no added dust effects, and no implication 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Criticism.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” What to Pack (And What to Leave at Home) β€” Survival Guide 2026", "url": "https://survival.burningman.org/leave-no-trace/what-to-pack-and-what-to-leave-at-home/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l6p1-environment-public-land", "bm-l6-ideals-and-contradictions" ], "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "a clean empty desert plain", "entityTerm": "Black Rock Desert", "imagePrompt": "A documentary photograph of a clean empty desert plain.", "alt": "Matter Out of Place", "depictable": true, "credit": "Wikimedia Commons Β· see source", "creditUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Rock_(19789184100).jpg", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/burning-man/images/f-bm-c039--card.webp" }, "uid": "1sylac21r955se" }, { "id": "f-bm-l6-blm-cap--card", "shape": "fact", "title": "BLM total population cap", "body": "The 2019 BLM Record of Decision set an 80,000-person total population cap for the permitted event beginning in 2020. Public land sets a limit.", "source": { "label": "U.S. Bureau of Land Management β€” Record of Decision", "url": "https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/nepa/93518/176996/215688/ROD_BurningManSRP_20190716_508.pdf" }, "tags": [ "bm-l6p1-environment-public-land", "bm-l6-ideals-and-contradictions" ], "illustration": { "kind": "photo", "imageSearchTerm": "a large crowd at a desert festival", "entityTerm": "Burning Man", "imagePrompt": "A clear documentary photograph of a large crowd at a desert festival.", "alt": "BLM total population cap", "depictable": true, "credit": "Pexels Β· A lively street festival with a large crowd and colorful costumes on a sunny day.", "creditUrl": "https://www.pexels.com/photo/vibrant-street-festival-with-colorful-parade-31644441/", "url": "https://cdn.recurxive.com/packs/burning-man/images/f-bm-l6-blm-cap--card.webp" }, "uid": "1tj83zygy3kvy" }, { "id": "f-bm-c039--def", "shape": "definition", "term": { "modality": "text", "value": "Matter Out of Place" }, "definition": { "modality": "text", "value": "Anything that does not belong on the playa." }, "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” What to Pack (And What to Leave at Home) β€” Survival Guide 2026", "url": "https://survival.burningman.org/leave-no-trace/what-to-pack-and-what-to-leave-at-home/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l6p1-environment-public-land", "bm-l6-ideals-and-contradictions" ], "uid": "1esegkn1h52lb5" }, { "id": "f-bm-c038--pair", "shape": "pair", "sideA": { "modality": "text", "value": "Documented public-land impacts" }, "sideB": { "modality": "text", "value": "Traffic, dust, waste, health, culture, and neighbors" }, "source": { "label": "U.S. Bureau of Land Management β€” Burning Man Event Special Recreation Permit Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 1", "url": "https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/nepa/93518/168727/205347/Burning_Man_Event_SRP-Draft_EIS_Vol1.pdf" }, "tags": [ "bm-l6p1-environment-public-land", "bm-l6-ideals-and-contradictions", "pair" ], "uid": "hemsp818nfnz0" }, { "id": "f-bm-l6-blm-cap--num", "shape": "numeric", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Under the 2019 BLM decision, what total permitted-event population cap applied beginning in 2020?", "short": "BLM population cap from 2020" }, "value": 80000, "unit": "people", "tolerance": 0, "source": { "label": "U.S. Bureau of Land Management β€” Record of Decision", "url": "https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/nepa/93518/176996/215688/ROD_BurningManSRP_20190716_508.pdf" }, "tags": [ "bm-l6p1-environment-public-land", "bm-l6-ideals-and-contradictions" ], "uid": "skkjyo9ccrs4" }, { "id": "bm-q-l6p1-environment-public-land", "shape": "mcqLong", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Why can a clean-site inspection still understate the event’s environmental footprint?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "It measures travel emissions but excludes trash and gray water", "short": "It excludes trash and gray water" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "It applies only to art installations, not camps or vehicles", "short": "It applies only to art" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "It replaces the permit’s population and safety limits", "short": "It replaces permit limits" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "It measures physical traces on-site, not all travel and off-site effects", "short": "It omits travel and off-site effects" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Leave No Trace inspection addresses physical traces on the site; it does not erase transportation emissions or every off-site impact.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” What to Pack (And What to Leave at Home) β€” Survival Guide 2026", "url": "https://survival.burningman.org/leave-no-trace/what-to-pack-and-what-to-leave-at-home/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l6p1-environment-public-land", "bm-l6-ideals-and-contradictions", "quiz" ], "uid": "1y3g0j641x4a" }, { "id": "f-bm-c040--card", "shape": "fact", "title": "Local Impact", "body": "Pyramid Lake Paiute and other nearby communities can receive business and partnership benefits while also bearing traffic, unsafe-driving, trespass, trash, congestion, and service burdens extending beyond event week.", "source": { "label": "Chairman James Phoenix / Burning Man Journal β€” A Message from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe to All BRC Citizens", "url": "https://journal.burningman.org/2023/07/black-rock-city/leaving-no-trace/pyramid-lake-paiute-tribe-message/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l6p2-neighbors-tribal-context", "bm-l6-ideals-and-contradictions" ], "uid": "33uoq916dt19z" }, { "id": "f-bm-l6-local-tradeoffs--card", "shape": "fact", "title": "Benefits and burdens coexist", "body": "Nearby communities can receive business income while also facing congestion, unsafe driving, trespass, trash, and pressure on local services.", "source": { "label": "Chairman James Phoenix / Burning Man Journal β€” A Message from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe to All BRC Citizens", "url": "https://journal.burningman.org/2023/07/black-rock-city/leaving-no-trace/pyramid-lake-paiute-tribe-message/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l6p2-neighbors-tribal-context", "bm-l6-ideals-and-contradictions" ], "uid": "18jnjzfrgrinx" }, { "id": "f-bm-l6-tribal-homeland--card", "shape": "fact", "title": "Route crosses Tribal lands", "body": "Travel to Black Rock City passes through and affects communities in the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe’s homeland.", "source": { "label": "Chairman James Phoenix / Burning Man Journal β€” A Message from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe to All BRC Citizens", "url": "https://journal.burningman.org/2023/07/black-rock-city/leaving-no-trace/pyramid-lake-paiute-tribe-message/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l6p2-neighbors-tribal-context", "bm-l6-ideals-and-contradictions" ], "uid": "1afyyjx15vw1ov" }, { "id": "bm-q-l6p2-neighbors-tribal-context", "shape": "mcqShort", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which summary captures the effect on nearby communities?" }, "options": [ { 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exist.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Black Rock City 2026 Ticket Sales", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/ticketing-information/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l6p3-money-labor-governance", "bm-l6-ideals-and-contradictions" ], "uid": "e4ku8wirh57g" }, { "id": "f-bm-c042--cloze", "shape": "cloze", "template": "Camps where money buys a packaged serviced experience are often called ___.", "answer": "plug-and-play camps", "distractors": [ "theme camps", "open camping", "staff camps" ], "explanation": "Plug-and-play or turnkey camps become contentious when paid service replaces contribution, gifting, or engagement.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Decommodification, Gifting, Participation and PAYticipation", "url": "https://burningman.org/black-rock-city/camps/cultural-direction-setting-decommodification/commodification-gifting-decommodification-and-participation/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l6p3-money-labor-governance", "bm-l6-ideals-and-contradictions", "cloze" ], 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}, { "id": "f-bm-l7-capacity-to-consent--tf-false", "shape": "trueFalse", "statement": "Silence or severe intoxication can count as consent in Black Rock City.", "isTrue": false, "why": "A person must have capacity and actively communicate consent.", "whyOptions": [ "Consent is specific and can be withdrawn at any time", "Taking and posting require separate permission", "A person must have capacity and actively communicate consent" ], "whyCorrectIndex": 2, "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Consent & Sexual Misconduct β€” Survival Guide 2026", "url": "https://survival.burningman.org/survival-health-and-safety/consent-and-sexual-misconduct/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l7p1-consent-support", "bm-l7-safety-and-access" ], "uid": "1a46hec1rhlvfo" }, { "id": "bm-q-l7p1-consent-support", "shape": "mcqShort", "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What does permission to take someone’s photograph authorize?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Taking the agreed image only" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Automatic publication and sale" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Any use when the subject is silent", "short": "Any use if the subject is silent" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "All future recordings" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Permission to photograph or record does not automatically include permission to post, publish, sell, or commercially use the image.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man Project β€” Consent & Sexual Misconduct β€” Survival Guide 2026", "url": "https://survival.burningman.org/survival-health-and-safety/consent-and-sexual-misconduct/" }, "tags": [ "bm-l7p1-consent-support", "bm-l7-safety-and-access", "quiz" ], "uid": "o0s0ndwaatur" }, { "id": "f-bm-c045--card", "shape": "fact", "title": "Safety", "body": "Black Rock City promotes consent education and provides reporting and survivor-support pathways, but survivor accounts and investigations have criticized disclosure, training, response, and reliance on internal 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Objective Test" }, "uid": "5vmhx0dtpqu4" }, { "id": "ot-ritual-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "playa", "impermanence" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What happens to the city, art, and rituals built on the playa each cycle?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "They appear and then disappear" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "They remain permanently in place" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "They are relocated to Reno each year" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "They are stored underground until next year" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The city, its art, and its rituals appear on the playa and then disappear, reinforcing the event's temporary, cyclical character.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1b3grsh5pvca7" }, { "id": "ot-ritual-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "belonging", "culture" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which statement about belonging in Burning Man culture 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Safety marshals, survivalist camping, and organized camp committees only emerged later as Black Rock City became a planned settlement.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "bvzp1b1bqecah" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l3-layout-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "layout", "orientation" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which two features serve as Black Rock City's major orientation anchors?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The Man and the open playa" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The radial streets and the lettered streets" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Nonprofit staff and government agencies" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Contractors and volunteer departments" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide names the Man and the open playa as orientation anchors. Radial/lettered streets organize movement, and staff, agencies, contractors, and volunteers govern operations β€” neither role is an orientation anchor.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "bh6wgo17t6h7w" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l3-layout-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "layout", "streets" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What street pattern organizes Black Rock City's layout?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Clock-face radial and lettered streets" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Grid streets and numbered avenues" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Spiral streets and diagonal boulevards" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Hexagonal blocks and ring roads" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The city uses clock-face radial streets crossed with concentric lettered streets, not a grid, spiral, or hexagonal pattern.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective 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[ { "modality": "text", "value": "A government-issued operating license" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Dues" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Work shifts" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Rules and other obligations" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide lists dues, work shifts, and rules as possible camp obligations, but never a government-issued operating license.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "v4m5w31iu4axl" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l3-camps-vol-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "volunteering", "civic-life" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "How do volunteer departments contribute to civic life in Black Rock City?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Assist paid staff and agencies in city operations" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Replace paid staff and government agencies entirely" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Provide only entertainment, not operations support" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Operate independently without any paid staff" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Volunteer departments help operate the city alongside paid staff, contractors, and public agencies rather than replacing or excluding them.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1rislj41em822s" }, { "id": "ot-playa-art-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "playa-art", "funding" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which claim about playa art funding is FALSE?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Honoraria cover full production costs" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Honoraria are partial grants only" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Artists often add their own labor" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Grants supplement artist resources" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Honoraria are partial grants, not full funding β€” artists and crews still cover much of the cost with their own 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"ot-playa-art-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "playa-art", "interactivity" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Compared to a typical gallery visitor, how does a Black Rock City participant usually experience playa art?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "By reading a wall placard before viewing" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "By booking a timed entry ticket" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "By collaborating with the artwork" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "By viewing it from behind a rope barrier" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "Playa art's interactivity and collaboration invite participants to engage directly with the work, unlike a gallery visitor who views art from a distance.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1gmrnsvudo2b9" }, { "id": "ot-playa-art-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "playa-art", "honorarium" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What best defines an Honorarium 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"text", "value": "Climate-controlled gallery lighting" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A docent-led exhibit tour" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Interactivity and collaboration" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "Interactivity and collaboration set playa art apart from a passively viewed gallery piece, which is typically just looked at, not touched or built with others.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "4cgls219ay2pe" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l5-people-harvey", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "people", "larry-harvey" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Who co-built the first Man and later wrote the Ten Principles?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Larry Harvey" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "John Law" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Michael Mikel" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Crimson Rose" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Larry Harvey co-built the first Man and later articulated the Ten Principles in 2004.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "m3idu81s70j4k" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l5-people-james", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "people", "jerry-james" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Who brought carpentry skills to building the earliest Baker Beach effigy?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Jerry James" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Larry Harvey" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "John Law" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Michael Mikel" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Jerry James brought carpentry to the physical construction of the earliest Baker Beach effigy.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "oy85md1hkoj3z" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l5-people-phase", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "people", "timeline-phases" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which pair belongs to the formative desert community phase, not the earliest beach burn?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "John Law and Michael Mikel" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Larry Harvey and Jerry James" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Crimson Rose and Marian Goodell" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Larry Harvey and Michael Mikel" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Law and Mikel shaped the formative desert community, while Harvey and James belong to the earliest physical burn.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1jcmai11qlkr7f" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l5-people-rose", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "people", "crimson-rose" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Whose contribution centers on fire-art culture and organizational leadership?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Crimson Rose" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Marian Goodell" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "John Law" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Michael Mikel" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Crimson Rose helped build Burning Man's fire-art culture and organizational leadership.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "uo6lv11tx5v6j" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l5-people-law", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "people", "john-law" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Who connected the event to the Cacophony Society and helped shape its early desert era?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "John Law" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Larry Harvey" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Jerry James" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Crimson Rose" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "John Law linked the event to the Cacophony Society and helped shape its move into the desert era.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "hp5af81uz1dzs" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l5-mile-desert-year", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "milestones", "timeline" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "In which year did the first Black Rock Desert burn take place?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "1990" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "1986" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "1996" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "2000" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The first Black Rock Desert burn took place in 1990, moving the gathering into the desert.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "iecy8b11b6pj9" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l5-mile-nonprofit-year", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "milestones", "timeline" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "In which year did Burning Man Project complete its transition to nonprofit control?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "2014" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "2004" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "2000" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "1996" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Burning Man Project completed its transition to nonprofit control in 2014.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "o5wp2pflst1n" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l5-mile-before-crisis", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "milestones", "ordering" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which milestone came directly before the 1996 organizational crisis?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "First Black Rock Desert burn" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Start of the Temple tradition" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Writing of the Ten Principles" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Completion of nonprofit transition" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The desert move (1990) came directly before the 1996 organizational crisis; the other options all happened later.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "j41ght1gtbwqf" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l5-mile-temple-vs-principles", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "milestones", "ordering" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which milestone came directly before the Ten Principles were written in 2004?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Start of the Temple tradition" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "First Black Rock Desert burn" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The organizational crisis" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Completion of nonprofit transition" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The Temple tradition began in 2000, the milestone immediately preceding the 2004 Ten Principles; the others are further back or later.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1ktqe9ssim8u8" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l5-mile-goodell-nonprofit", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "milestones", "marian-goodell" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Marian Goodell's leadership was most directly tied to which turning point?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Completion of nonprofit transition" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "First Black Rock Desert burn" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The organizational crisis of 1996" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Start of the Temple tradition" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Marian Goodell helped lead the organization through its 2014 transition into Burning Man Project; the other milestones predate that role.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1pc17l4et0oyo" }, { "id": "ot-env-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "leave-no-trace", "matter-out-of-place" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Under Leave No Trace, what does \"Matter Out of Place\" mean at Black Rock City?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Anything that does not belong on the playa" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Anything left behind after sunset" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Anything not registered with the BLM" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Anything sold without a vendor permit" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide defines Matter Out of Place as anything that does not belong on the playa, which participants must remove under Leave No Trace.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "t73ga57zklav" }, { "id": "ot-env-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "blm", "population-cap" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What population cap did the 2019 BLM Record of Decision set for the event beginning in 2020?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "80,000 people" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "70,000 people" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "90,000 people" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "100,000 people" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide states the BLM's 2019 Record of Decision capped the permitted event population at 80,000 starting in 2020.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "17hzpjr13zqyxl" }, { "id": "ot-env-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "environment", "public-land" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these is NOT listed in the guide as a documented public-land impact of Black Rock City?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Air quality effects" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Dust" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Cultural resources impacts" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Wildlife habitat destruction" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The guide lists traffic, air quality, dust, waste, cultural resources, and public health as impacts, not wildlife habitat destruction.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "ba56ng1nbdrp0" }, { "id": "ot-env-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "leave-no-trace", "environment" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Per the guide, passing a Leave No Trace site inspection does NOT erase which effect?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Transportation emissions" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Visible Matter Out of Place" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Gray water handling violations" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "On-site trash left on the playa" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide says passing inspection does not erase transportation emissions or every off-site impact, even though it addresses on-site cleanup.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "18vm9z51mfr5ef" }, { "id": "ot-env-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "environment", "public-land" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "According to the guide, which effects require a wider view beyond site cleanup and the population cap?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Traffic, air quality, and regional health effects" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Visible Matter Out of Place on the playa" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Gray water handling on-site" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The population cap itself" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide says traffic, air quality, emissions, public health, and regional effects need a wider view, unlike site cleanup or the cap.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "s24duv3z59bl" }, { "id": "ot-neigh-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "tribal-context", "pyramid-lake-paiute" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Travel to Black Rock City passes through and affects the homeland of which tribal nation?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Reno-Sparks Indian Colony" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Shoshone-Paiute Tribes" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide specifically names the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe's homeland as the route Black Rock City travel passes through.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "sveaav1bu24j9" }, { "id": "ot-neigh-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "neighbors", "traffic" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these is NOT described in the guide as a burden nearby communities may bear from event traffic?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Trespass on private land" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Unsafe driving on local roads" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Pressure on local services" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Improved public transit infrastructure" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The guide lists trespass, unsafe driving, congestion, trash, and service pressure as burdens, not improved public transit.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1tai7kvffzop9" }, { "id": "ot-neigh-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "neighbors", "benefits" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "According to the guide, what can nearby communities receive alongside these traffic burdens?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Business and partnership benefits" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Free event tickets for all residents" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Federal disaster relief funding" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Reduced state property taxes" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide states nearby communities, including the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, can receive business and partnership benefits.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1r50qymkw66da" }, { "id": "ot-neigh-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "neighbors", "tradeoffs" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Increased local revenue alongside more unsafe driving during event week best illustrates that..." }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Benefits and burdens can coexist for neighbors" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The event has no lasting effects on neighbors" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Benefits always outweigh burdens for neighbors" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Only tribal communities experience any burdens" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide stresses the tradeoff cannot be reduced to only benefit or only harm; both can coexist for the same community.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "18zoyj31dincjl" }, { "id": "ot-neigh-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "neighbors", "impact-duration" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Per the guide, some burdens on nearby communities can extend how long?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Beyond the week of the event" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Only during move-in and move-out days" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Only during the Saturday burn night" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Only while BLM permits remain active" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide notes that some burdens on nearby communities extend beyond the week of the event itself.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "11y3vng1ptuqwk" }, { "id": "ot-gov-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "plug-and-play", "governance" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What term describes camps where money buys a packaged experience, replacing contribution or gifting?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Plug-and-play camps" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Theme camps" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Sound camps" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Art camps" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide names these 'plug-and-play camps,' where paid service replaces contribution, gifting, or engagement.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1qx8ldb1cglsyx" }, { "id": "ot-gov-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "labor", "volunteers" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "According to the guide, what mixture of labor does Burning Man depend on?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Volunteers, participant labor, paid staff, and contractors" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Only volunteers, with no paid staff or contractors" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Only paid staff and contractors, with no volunteers" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Only participant labor, with no paid staff" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide says Burning Man depends on volunteers and participant labor as well as paid staff and contractors.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1cn68v11e7enyj" }, { "id": "ot-gov-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "governance", "structure" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Per the guide, what can happen if Burning Man's governance imposes too much structure?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "It can suppress participant creativity" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "It can threaten safety and fairness" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "It can eliminate the need for volunteer labor" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "It can guarantee equal access for all participants" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide warns too much structure can suppress creativity, while too little structure can threaten safety and fairness.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1l70ghjenmmn5" }, { "id": "ot-gov-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "radical-inclusion", "access-barriers" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Radical Inclusion is a stated principle, but what does the guide say still limits attendance?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Real costs like tickets, travel, and equipment" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A strict invitation-only application process" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A mandatory skills test for volunteers" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A requirement to join a camp in advance" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide says tickets, travel, equipment, time off, and camp expenses create real access barriers despite Radical Inclusion.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1915n2f5g0e55" }, { "id": "ot-gov-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "access-barriers", "cost" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Per the guide, reduced-price programs lower which specific barrier while others remain?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The cost of tickets" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Travel costs to the event" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Camp expenses once on-site" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Equipment costs for camping" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide states reduced-price programs can lower ticket cost without removing travel, equipment, or camp expenses.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1t1p3kq1vct4r6" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l7-consent-scope", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "consent", "boundaries" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What best describes valid consent in Black Rock City?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Specific and reversible" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Permanent once given" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Automatically broad ranging" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Valid unless objected to aloud" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Consent in BRC must stay specific to the act and can be withdrawn at any time; it is never permanent or automatically broad, and silence or lack of objection does not count as agreement.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "8m8qs71v9jdut" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l7-capacity-consent", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "consent", "capacity" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "A participant is intoxicated. Per BRC norms, what is true about their consent?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Cannot give valid consent" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Can consent by nodding" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Consent granted by prior act" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Consent needs no capacity check" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Intoxication removes the capacity to consent in Black Rock City, regardless of nodding, gestures, or an earlier agreement to a different act.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1jz4bie16rho8u" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l7-access-supports", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "accessibility", "health-planning" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which is NOT among Black Rock City's specific accessibility supports?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Accessible toilets" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "ASL interpretation services" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Licensed accessibility vehicles" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Free medical evacuation flights" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "BRC's specific accessibility supports are accessible toilets, ASL services, and licensed accessibility vehicles, not medical evacuation flights.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1pbcc9zlh1s7h" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l7-green-dot", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "crisis-support", "green-dot" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "A participant feels emotionally overwhelmed, not in a mental-health crisis. Which resource fits?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Green Dot team" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Crisis Intervention Team" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Survivor Advocacy Center" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Law enforcement" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Black Rock Ranger Green Dot teams support emotional overwhelm, distinct from the Crisis Intervention Team for mental-health crises, the Survivor Advocacy Center for non-consensual contact, and law enforcement.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1u5xdeokc5zyg" }, { "id": "ot-bm-l7-crisis-team", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "crisis-support", "emergency-services" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "For a mental-health crisis, Emergency Services connects participants to which team?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Crisis Intervention Team" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Green Dot team" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Survivor Advocacy Center" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Black Rock Ranger" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Emergency Services connects participants in a mental-health crisis with the Crisis Intervention Team, separate from Green Dot's emotional-support role, the Survivor Advocacy Center, and general Ranger patrols.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "13a3zwka04ji0" }, { "id": "ot-fit-tickets-budget-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "tickets", "step", "planning" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "According to the guide, what is STEP?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A face-value ticket exchange" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Applications for art grants" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Registration for low-income access programs" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Processing of camp dues" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "STEP is the official face-value ticket exchange. The other options describe other official programs mentioned in the guide, not STEP.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1958dja1kv8oxm" }, { "id": "ot-fit-tickets-budget-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "tickets", "pricing", "budget" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What was the lowest public price tier for 2026 Burning Man tickets, before taxes and fees?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "$550" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$675" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$775" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$975" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The public sales plan listed $550 as the lowest tier, with $675, $775, and $975 as progressively higher tiers.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1meh21n1xgiigh" }, { "id": "ot-fit-tickets-budget-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "tickets", "pricing", "budget" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which 2026 ticket tier did Burning Man say covered the operational cost of one participant?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "$775" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$550" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$975" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$1,500" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Burning Man stated the $775 tier covered one participant's operational cost, while $975 and $1,500 added support for art, operations, or access programs.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "4j685g1unc1vo" }, { "id": "ot-fit-tickets-budget-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "budget", "planning" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "According to the guide, which is NOT specifically listed as part of a realistic first-timer budget?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Airfare cancellation insurance" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Shelter and shade" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Waste handling" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Contingencies" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide lists ticket, fees, travel, shelter, shade, food, water, waste, lighting, mobility needs, camp dues, and contingencies, but not airfare cancellation insurance.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "17ji4uden0hur" }, { "id": "ot-fit-tickets-budget-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "fit", "planning" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these is NOT something the guide says a prospective attendee should assess beforehand?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Cell signal strength" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Tolerance for dust and heat" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Tolerance for crowds and noise" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Tolerance for limited services" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide names tolerance for remoteness, dust, heat, cold, noise, sleep disruption, crowds, expense, and limited services as things to assess first; cell signal strength is not on that list.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "cbyq14acapfc" }, { "id": "ot-shelter-water-weather-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "water", "survival", "planning" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "How much water does the 2026 Survival Guide recommend each participant bring per day?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "1.5 gallons" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "1 gallon" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "2 gallons" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "3 gallons" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The 2026 Survival Guide directs participants to bring 1.5 gallons of water per person per day for drinking, washing, and cleaning.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "138ak88tj9y4c" }, { "id": "ot-shelter-water-weather-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "shelter", "dust-prep", "planning" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which item is NOT listed among the guide's core preparations for playa conditions?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "GPS navigation device" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Eye and breathing protection" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Rain gear" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Secured shelter and shade" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Core preparation includes shelter, shade, eye and breathing protection, layers, rain gear, lighting, food, medication, first aid, and waste plans, not a GPS device.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1dk8p4q8tjztu" }, { "id": "ot-shelter-water-weather-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "weather", "whiteout", "safety" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "If caught in a whiteout with no shelter available, what does current guidance recommend?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Sit down, turn from the wind, and cover your face" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Continue walking toward the nearest landmark" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Drive slowly toward camp" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Lie flat and remove eye protection" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "Guidance says to sit down, turn away from the wind, cover your face, wait, and stay alert for moving vehicles rather than continuing to travel through low visibility.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "l3a8ql1ghoj4b" }, { "id": "ot-shelter-water-weather-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "water", "survival", "planning" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Besides drinking, what other uses must the recommended daily water supply cover?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Washing and cleaning" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Cooking meals" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Irrigating camp gardens" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Refilling vehicle radiators" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The 1.5-gallon daily recommendation must cover drinking, washing, and cleaning, not cooking, irrigation, or vehicle needs.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "tcjk4dnlblyb" }, { "id": "ot-shelter-water-weather-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "dust-prep", "weather", "planning" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these is included in the guide's core preparation for dust and weather protection?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Eye and breathing protection" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Insect netting" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Portable air conditioner" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Waterproof phone case" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide lists eye and breathing protection among core preparations for dust, alongside layers, rain gear, and lighting.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1mf7naoadh3o0" }, { "id": "ot-cov-event-city-network-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "culture", "identity" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "According to the guide, besides being an event and a temporary city, what else is Burning Man?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A cultural movement" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A film festival" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A retail marketplace" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A political party" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide describes Burning Man as an event, a city, a cultural movement, and a global network.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1cqmxubxtb70d" }, { "id": "ot-cov-event-city-network-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "culture" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "The guide says calling Burning Man only a music festival misses that it is also a ___." }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "cultural movement" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "corporate sponsor" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "ticketing agency" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "tourism board" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide frames Burning Man as event, city, cultural movement, and network β€” not merely a festival.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "7g7fiw11uysgk" }, { "id": "ot-cov-event-city-network-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "network" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What connects officially affiliated Burner events and communities around the world beyond Nevada?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The Regional Network" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Burning Man Project staff" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Black Rock City LLC" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Ten Principles" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide identifies the Regional Network as connecting affiliated Burner communities beyond Nevada.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1xdttvi1u7xx4y" }, { "id": "ot-cov-event-city-network-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "network" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "The guide describes the Regional Network as what kind of ongoing community structure?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A seasonal ticket office" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A single annual Nevada gathering" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A temporary desert campsite" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A year-round global network of affiliated events" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The Regional Network carries affiliated Burner community activity worldwide beyond the single Nevada event.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "ib5clnghwenx" }, { "id": "ot-cov-baker-beach-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "origins", "baker-beach" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Who built and burned the first improvised wooden Man on Baker Beach in 1986?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "John Law and Larry Harvey" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Jerry James and Rod Garrett" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Larry Harvey and Jerry James" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Larry Harvey and Michael Mikel" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "The guide credits Larry Harvey and Jerry James with building and burning the first Man on Baker Beach in 1986.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1v87rov1n3iasx" }, { "id": "ot-cov-baker-beach-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "origins" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What gathered around the burning wooden figure at the original 1986 Baker Beach event?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A ticketed audience" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A curious crowd" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A film crew" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A city permit inspector" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "The guide says a curious crowd gathered around the fire when the first Man burned in 1986.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "iel9f1enxnyn" }, { "id": "ot-cov-baker-beach-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "desert-move" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What specifically forced the burn to relocate away from Baker Beach in 1990?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Authorities allowed erecting but not burning it there" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Local residents filed noise complaints" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The beach was sold to developers" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The beach flooded during a storm" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide states authorities permitted erecting the Man on Baker Beach but not burning it, forcing the move.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "nedx7u5zoa66" }, { "id": "ot-cov-baker-beach-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "desert-move" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Who helped relocate the 1990 burn to the Black Rock Desert as Zone Trip #4?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "U.S. Forest Service rangers" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Burning Man Project staff" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Nevada tourism board" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Cacophony Society organizers" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The guide credits Cacophony Society organizers with helping relocate the burn to the desert as Zone Trip #4.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "yzvkwdwmx76j" }, { "id": "ot-cov-layout-infrastructure-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "layout", "navigation" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "How are Black Rock City's streets organized to help participants navigate?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Clock-face radial streets and concentric lettered streets" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A numbered grid like a typical downtown" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Randomly placed footpaths with no naming" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A single spiral street winding inward" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide describes BRC's layout as clock-face radial streets crossed by concentric lettered streets.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "ey51e11w9rtb7" }, { "id": "ot-cov-layout-infrastructure-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "layout" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What two features serve as the major orientation anchors in Black Rock City's layout?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The airport and the ticket office" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "City Hall and the Temple" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Esplanade and Center Camp" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "The Man and the open playa" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The guide names the Man and the open playa as the layout's major orientation anchors.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "pw56v97qkkqj" }, { "id": "ot-cov-camps-volunteering-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "volunteering", "civic-life" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "According to the guide, who do volunteer departments operate Black Rock City alongside?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Federal park rangers exclusively" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Ticketing vendors only" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Paid staff, contractors, and public agencies" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Only unpaid campers" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "The guide states volunteer departments help operate the city alongside paid staff, contractors, and public agencies.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "d8une5524emz" }, { "id": "ot-cov-camps-volunteering-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "volunteering" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What does the mix of volunteer departments and paid staff show about the city's civic work?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Volunteers replace all paid staff entirely" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Only nonprofit staff run city operations" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Civic operations are fully outsourced to contractors" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Participants and specialized workers share responsibility" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The guide frames this mixture as reflecting a model where participants and specialized workers share responsibility.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "ko2jfeagvvva" }, { "id": "ot-cov-playa-art-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "playa-art", "funding" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What best describes how Burning Man honoraria fund playa art?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Full funding covering an artwork's total cost" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A commercial sponsorship deal" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A no-cost loan program" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A partial grant, supplemented by artists' own resources" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The guide defines an Honorarium as a partial grant, not full funding for a work's total cost.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "zwygn1xr9x8h" }, { "id": "ot-cov-playa-art-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "playa-art", "funding" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Besides any honorarium, what do many artists and crews still contribute to their playa art, per the guide?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Nothing further, since honoraria cover everything" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Substantial money, labor, and materials of their own" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Only volunteer hours and no money" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A share of ticket sales revenue" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "The guide notes artists and crews often contribute significant money, labor, and materials beyond any honorarium.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "44gjr51wt0wn3" }, { "id": "ot-cov-playa-art-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "playa-art", "siting" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What shapes how playa art is typically built and encountered, according to the guide?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Its responsiveness to the desert setting" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A museum's climate-control system" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A fixed indoor gallery floor plan" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A permanent concrete foundation" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide says the desert can shape how playa art is built and encountered, unlike a fixed indoor setting.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "fhtvnv13vdbax" }, { "id": "ot-cov-playa-art-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "playa-art", "siting" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Unlike a gallery piece, how is playa art situated at Black Rock City?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Behind a roped-off velvet display" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "In a permanent outdoor plaza year-round" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "In the open desert as a temporary work" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "In a climate-controlled museum wing" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "The guide describes playa art as temporary and sited in the open desert, unlike permanent gallery placement.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "wvm09i1is97n2" }, { "id": "ot-cov-playa-art-6", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "burning-man", "playa-art", "encounter" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What distinguishes how participants encounter playa art from how visitors experience typical gallery art?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Playa art is roped off and untouchable like gallery work" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Playa art requires a paid museum admission ticket" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Playa art is viewed only through audio guides" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Playa art invites interactive, collaborative participation" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The guide emphasizes playa art's interactivity and collaboration, unlike passive gallery viewing.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "axv8571dnk97d" }, { "id": "ot-cov-l5-p2-milestones-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "history", "timeline" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these four Burning Man turning points occurred earliest?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Start of the recurring Temple tradition" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Organizational crisis that spurred formalization" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "First Black Rock Desert burn" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Writing of the Ten Principles" } ], "correctIndex": 2, "explanation": "The desert move happened in 1990, before the 1996 crisis, the 2000 Temple tradition, and the 2004 Ten Principles.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1l59ygi1fj91mm" }, { "id": "ot-cov-l5-p2-milestones-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "history", "timeline", "milestones" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these four milestones happened earliest in Burning Man's history?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Ten Principles written" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Official Black Rock City cancellation" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Nonprofit transition completed" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Temple tradition begins" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The Temple tradition began in 2000, before the 2004 principles, the 2014 nonprofit transition, and the 2020 cancellation.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "ox7qpp144sw7j" }, { "id": "ot-cov-l6-p2-neighbors-tribal-context-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "community", "neighbors", "tradeoffs" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What can nearby communities receive from Black Rock City traffic, alongside burdens like trespass?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Full reimbursement for municipal costs" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Guaranteed year-round tourism contracts" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Exemption from BLM land-use rules" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Business and partnership benefits" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The guide says nearby communities can receive business and partnership benefits while also bearing burdens like trespass and traffic.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "15sinjwzl2u1k" }, { "id": "ot-cov-l6-p2-neighbors-tribal-context-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "community", "neighbors", "tradeoffs" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which burden do nearby communities bear from event traffic, alongside business income?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Permanent population growth" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Trespass and unsafe driving" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Reduced water access for local ranches" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Higher property taxes for residents" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "The guide lists trespass, unsafe driving, trash, and congestion as burdens nearby communities bear alongside business income.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "19ufkny2spm22" }, { "id": "ot-cov-l7-p1-consent-support-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "safety", "consent", "reporting" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which resource can a participant approach for survivor advocacy after non-consensual contact?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Survivor Advocacy Center" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Green Dot team" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Regional Network contact" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Crisis Intervention Team" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide names the Survivor Advocacy Center, Rangers, and Emergency Services stations as survivor-advocacy entry points.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "humioh192erkf" }, { "id": "ot-cov-l7-p1-consent-support-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "safety", "consent", "reporting" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What can a participant request in response to non-consensual contact, per the guide?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Law enforcement" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Survivor Advocacy Center" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Crisis Intervention Team" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Green Dot team" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide states law enforcement is available when requested after non-consensual contact.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1aas7321cj764a" }, { "id": "ot-cov-l8-p1-fit-tickets-budget-1", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "planning", "fit" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Which of these should a prospective attendee assess before committing, per the guide?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A desert survival certification" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Tolerance for dust, heat, and limited services" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Tolerance for altitude sickness" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Ownership of a four-wheel-drive vehicle" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "The guide says attendees should assess tolerance for remoteness, dust, heat, cold, noise, crowds, and limited services.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "129hu0ebf3vre" }, { "id": "ot-cov-l8-p1-fit-tickets-budget-2", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "planning", "fit" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Besides physical conditions, what expectation should a prospective attendee weigh?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "The expectation of preparation and contribution" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A mandatory volunteer shift" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A minimum group size requirement" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A requirement to join a theme camp" } ], "correctIndex": 0, "explanation": "The guide notes the event expects preparation and contribution, part of judging whether attending fits you.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1t7w9s41vt69k0" }, { "id": "ot-cov-l8-p1-fit-tickets-budget-3", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "planning", "time" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What are the 2026 Black Rock City event dates given in the guide?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "July 4 through July 12" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "August 30 through September 7" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "September 1 through September 9" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "August 15 through August 23" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "The guide states Black Rock City 2026 runs August 30 through September 7.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "z2puedyxbzmf" }, { "id": "ot-cov-l8-p1-fit-tickets-budget-4", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "planning", "time" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Why does the guide caution that the 2026 dates and theme are 'dated' information?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "Ticket tiers reset monthly" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "STEP requires new dates yearly" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Event theme changes weekly" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Dates and prices can change before the event" } ], "correctIndex": 3, "explanation": "The guide says details are current only as of August 10, 2026, so dates and prices may change and should be rechecked.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "19pwhgunx5ocq" }, { "id": "ot-cov-l8-p1-fit-tickets-budget-5", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "planning", "budget" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "What was the lowest public 2026 ticket price tier listed, before taxes and fees?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "$775" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$550" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$675" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "$975" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "The guide lists $550 as the lowest public 2026 ticket tier, before taxes and fees.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1dmr62qaa18mi" }, { "id": "ot-cov-l8-p1-fit-tickets-budget-6", "shape": "mcq", "tags": [ "planning", "budget" ], "prompt": { "modality": "text", "value": "Beyond the ticket price, what else must a realistic Burning Man budget include?" }, "options": [ { "modality": "text", "value": "A yearly membership dues to the Regional Network" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "Travel, shelter, food, and contingencies" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A mandatory equipment rental fee paid to Burning Man Project" }, { "modality": "text", "value": "A licensing fee for accessibility vehicles" } ], "correctIndex": 1, "explanation": "The guide says a realistic budget includes fees, travel, shelter, food, water, and contingencies beyond the ticket.", "source": { "label": "Burning Man: From Curiosity to Black Rock City β€” Objective Test" }, "uid": "1pmeustfz7xdn" } ] }