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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ballard do for the week after being released from the hospital?
(a) Walks around the neighborhood.
(b) Watches television.
(c) Sits on the veranda.
(d) Sleeps on the couch.

2. What kind of films did Ballard and Catherine see at the small art-cinema near their home?
(a) American avant-garde and German sex instruction.
(b) German sex instruction and American blockbusters.
(c) French avant-garde and American blockbusters.
(d) Amercian avant-garde and American blockbusters.

3. According to Ballard, what happens on the fourth day in the hospital "for no evident reason"?
(a) The anesthetics are withdrawn.
(b) The nurses harrass him.
(c) The doctors don't come.
(d) The IV fluids are taken.

4. Who does Ballard first take in a rental car to the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?
(a) Helen.
(b) Renata.
(c) Catherine.
(d) No one.

5. According to Ballard, if the famous actress Vaughan obsessed over never died in a car-crash, what had Vaughan created instead?
(a) All the possibilities of Ballard's death.
(b) All the possibilities of Vaughan's death.
(c) All the possibilities of Catherine's death.
(d) All the possibilities of the actress's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ballard see on his balcony when he is caught in a traffic jam?

2. Who does Vaughan tell Ballard that Seagrave may follow after disappearing in a wig and leopard-skin coat?

3. As Ballard drives home with Catherine after being released from the hospital, how does the image of a car change for him after his accident?

4. What fantasies does Vaughan teach Ballard to visualize?

5. What injuries does Ballard sustain after the crash?

(see the answer key)

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