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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 Catherine's death.
(b) All the possibilities of Vaughan's death.
(c) All the possibilities of the actress's death.
(d) All the possibilities of Ballard's death.

3. According to Ballard, what left an "archipelago of pockmarks" across Vaughan's neck?
(a) Burns.
(b) Boils.
(c) Cysts.
(d) Acne.

4. Besides reefer stubs, what else is in the overloaded ashtray in Vaughan's car?
(a) A cervical cap.
(b) A condom.
(c) A tampon.
(d) A diaphragm.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are the five film actresses Seagrave devised an "abattoir of sexual mutiliation" for Vaughan's questionnaire?

3. Why does Ballard feel "no trace of pity" for Gabrielle after they make love?

4. What word does Ballard repeat several times in his description of the car crash at the beginning of the book?

5. According to Ballard, his "_________obsessions soon made themselves evident to ______ _________."

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