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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ballard, all who knew Vaughan accepted what about a car-crash?
(a) Its "tragic flaw."
(b) Its "intellectual stimulation."
(c) Its "logical torture."
(d) Its "perverse eroticism."

2. What kind of airline pilot removes the young wife from the crash with Ballard?
(a) French.
(b) Royal.
(c) Pacific.
(d) Arab.

3. Why would Vaughan arrange women in stylized positions in cars?
(a) To paint them.
(b) To photograph them.
(c) To film them.
(d) To write about them.

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

5. 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?
(a) Because the young wife's legs look like the girl's pirouette.
(b) Because the young wife's crying sounds like the girl's singing.
(c) Because the young wife's expression looks like the girl's face.
(d) Because the young wife's wounds look like the girl's scars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Francis Waring, according to Ballard?

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

3. What premonitions does Ballard begin to have after being released from the hospital?

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

5. After the crash, Ballard states that an "uneasy _____ carried me towards the hospital."

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