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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Ballard's wife Catherine tell him he looks like in the hospital?
(a) A victim in Madame Tussaud's.
(b) A murderer in an Agatha Christie mystery.
(c) A gentleman in Harrod's.
(d) A child out of Charles Dicken's.

3. Who did the man killed in the car crash with Ballard work for?
(a) An American food company.
(b) A British travel agency.
(c) An Italian car manufacturer.
(d) A German weapons producer.

4. According to Ballard, the young wife of the man killed in the car crash stared at him with a look that resembled a ________in an Early Renaissance icon.
(a) Child.
(b) Madonna.
(c) Angel.
(d) Devil.

5. At Northolt station, why does Helen ask Ballard to take her to the airport?
(a) Because she is taking a vacation to Spain.
(b) Because she likes to see the planes take off and land.
(c) Because she works in the immigration department.
(d) Because she is picking up a friend from America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies as the novel opens?

2. When Ballard goes to the garage, what does he see on a rear window sill that reminds him of his own personal possessions scattered on the floor of his car after the crash?

3. What does Helen do when Ballard first addresses her in the hospital?

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

5. According to Ballard, Vaughan's relations with women were all governed by what?

(see the answer key)

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