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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What premonitions does Ballard begin to have after being released from the hospital?
(a) The salvation of sinners everywhere.
(b) The end of the world by automobile.
(c) The second coming of Jesus.
(d) The return to a pre-industrial age.

2. On their driving excursions to look for accident sites, what does Vaughan describe to Ballard?
(a) "Countless regrets and disappointments."
(b) "Countless love affairs."
(c) "Countless dreams of redemption."
(d) "Countless imaginary disasters."

3. According to Ballard, all who knew Vaughan accepted what about a car-crash?
(a) Its "perverse eroticism."
(b) Its "intellectual stimulation."
(c) Its "tragic flaw."
(d) Its "logical torture."

4. When Ballard is lifted onto the stretcher after the crash, how does he feel?
(a) Relieved that he wasn't seriously injured.
(b) Isolated from the reality of the accident.
(c) Guilty about causing a man to die.
(d) Aroused at seeing the young wife.

5. According to Ballard at the end of Chapter 2, the radiator grills of their cars resembled what?
(a) A "positive force."
(b) A "perverse union."
(c) A "protective grimace."
(d) A "peaceful sleep."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the driver parked behind Ballard at the scene of the accident that killed Helen's husband?

2. When Ballard tells Catherine that she should have gone to the funeral for Helen's husband, how does she respond?

3. What is the name of the park where Ballard and Catherine's apartment is located?

4. What pictures is Ballard's passenger looking at when they arrive at the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?

5. What did Vaughan steal from Ballard ten days before Vaughan's death?

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