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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ballard take one of the three prostitutes to?
(a) The back lot of a film studio.
(b) The top deck of a car park.
(c) The driveway of a colleague's.
(d) The deserted garage of a church.

2. After the simulated crash with the family of four and the motorcycle at the Road Research Laboratory, what does Vaughan tell Ballard he's always wanted to do?
(a) Learn to fly.
(b) Become a researcher.
(c) Drive a crashed car.
(d) Film a famous crash.

3. According to Ballard, who wears her hair in a "simulated Afro wig"?
(a) Helen.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Vera.
(d) Renata.

4. According to Ballard, "For Vaughan, the car-crash and his own ______ had made their final marriage."
(a) Sexuality.
(b) Depression.
(c) Faith.
(d) Health.

5. According to Ballard, Vaughan's relations with women were all governed by what?
(a) "Violent fantasies."
(b) "Sexist ideas."
(c) "Repressed desires."
(d) "Obsessive games."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ballard's wife?

2. What lay in the dashboard locker below the instrument panel of the Citroen Pallas saloon car?

3. According to Ballard, Helen was about to enter a period of what after her bereavement?

4. According to Ballard, the young wife of the man killed in the car crash stared at him with a look that resembled a ________in an Early Renaissance icon.

5. According to the narrator, with whom did Vaughan want to die in a collision?

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