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

2. How many weeks does Ballard stay in the hospital after the crash in Chapter 2?
(a) One.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. What did Vaughan rehearse for in the days before his death?
(a) His wedding.
(b) His own death.
(c) A one-man show.
(d) Ballard's murder.

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

5. Who did Vaughan collide with two months earlier when he lurched from a concealed access road?
(a) Two air hostesses.
(b) A filmmaker.
(c) Two mechanics.
(d) A stunt driver.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ballard, "For Vaughan, the car-crash and his own ______ had made their final marriage."

2. According to Ballard, why does the young wife who is removed from her car after the crash resemble a "mentally defective girl" he once saw perform in a play?

3. Where is the film studio Ballard works for located?

4. Who, according to Ballard, "read the answer to her unspoken questions in the scars on my legs and chest" in the hospital?

5. In the hospital, what contained the "hundred histories of collision and bereavement" according to Ballard?

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