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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 do Helen and Ballard's trysts take place?
(a) Near the airport.
(b) In Ballard's car.
(c) In Helen's apartment.
(d) At a hotel.

2. What pictures is Ballard's passenger looking at when they arrive at the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?
(a) Pictures of naked women.
(b) Pictures of famine victims.
(c) Pictures of car crashes.
(d) Pictures of beauty products.

3. Who does Ballard describe as the "perfect forgery of an Ingres"?
(a) Vaughan.
(b) Renata.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Seagrave.

4. What is the name of the park where Ballard and Catherine's apartment is located?
(a) Drummond.
(b) Dresden.
(c) Drake.
(d) Drayton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The walls of Vaughan's apartment are covered with close-ups of whose body?

2. Who dies as the novel opens?

3. What kind of films did Ballard and Catherine see at the small art-cinema near their home?

4. What injuries does Ballard sustain after the crash?

5. Who tells Ballard that there is "a certain moral virtue in being materialistic"?

(see the answer key)

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