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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The walls of Vaughan's apartment are covered with close-ups of whose body?
(a) Dr. Helen Remington's.
(b) Marilyn Monroe's.
(c) James Ballard's.
(d) Elizabeth Taylor's.

2. 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?
(a) It contained multiple identities.
(b) Its purpose remained elusive.
(c) Its true nature had been exposed.
(d) It became an object of fear.

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

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(d) The anesthetics are withdrawn.

5. Who tells Ballard that there is "a certain moral virtue in being materialistic"?
(a) Helen Remington.
(b) Catherine Ballard.
(c) Robert Vaughan.
(d) Vera Seagrave.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Crash" is set in what city?

2. After leaving the hospital, what does Vaughan show Ballard at Seagrave's house?

3. What kind of car does Catherine drive?

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

5. According to Ballard, "It isn't sex that Vaughan is interested in, but _______."

(see the answer key)

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