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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Ballard witness an argument between in the woman's ward of the hospital?
(a) A sister in charge and a nurse.
(b) A patient and her sister.
(c) A doctor and a nurse.
(d) A sister in charge and doctor.

3. What is Vaughan's scientific subject?
(a) Chemistry specialist in dark matter.
(b) Computer specialist in traffic systems.
(c) Physics specialist in atom collision.
(d) Biology specialist in human reproduction.

4. Since their visit to the Road Research Laboratory, Vaughan goes to the studios to see Seagrave, but Ballard thinks the real motive is what?
(a) To force Ballard to leave Catherine for him.
(b) To watch the car crashes for the film.
(c) To force an introduction with Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) To steal cars for his own reenactments.

5. Where is the film studio Ballard works for located?
(a) Salisbury.
(b) Shepperton.
(c) Somerset.
(d) Swindon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ballard take to the stock-car races in the stadium at Northolt?

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

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

4. According to Ballard, what do the scars above his patella replicate?

5. What topic does Ballard realize he never discussed with Helen?

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