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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of equipment does Vaughan have in his apartment?
(a) Building.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Mechanical.
(d) Electronic.

2. What lay in the dashboard locker below the instrument panel of the Citroen Pallas saloon car?
(a) A woman's suede glove.
(b) A packet of cigarettes.
(c) A man's handkerchief.
(d) A flask of gin.

3. When Catherine asks Ballard where his car is after the police leave the studio parking lot, what does he tell her?
(a) That it is at the garage because he crashed it.
(b) That Seagrave stole it.
(c) That it is at home because he didn't want to face the traffic.
(d) That Vaughan stole it.

4. What is Ballard afraid the real reason for the police signaling Vaughan outside Ballard's studio is?
(a) To question Ballard about a missing studio car.
(b) To question Ballard about his erotic involvement with Vaughan.
(c) To question Ballard about a pedestrian he ran over.
(d) To question Ballard about a drunk driving arrest.

5. When Ballard drives home with Catherine and Vaughan in the backseat, what does he notice for the first time since his release from the hospital?
(a) The streets are empty.
(b) The sun is shining.
(c) There are no planes on the runway.
(d) It started raining.

6. What other famous personalities does Vaughan NOT obsess over?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Models.
(c) Athletes.
(d) Criminals.

7. How many cars collide at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?
(a) Seven cars collide.
(b) Five cars collide.
(c) Nine cars collide.
(d) Three cars collide.

8. After leaving the hospital, what does Vaughan show Ballard at Seagrave's house?
(a) An album of accident photos.
(b) A museum of car parts.
(c) A laboratory of blood samples.
(d) A film of car crashes.

9. Who does Ballard see on his balcony when he is caught in a traffic jam?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Seagrave.
(c) Renata.
(d) Vaughan.

10. Ballard states that in the last weeks with Vaughan, the women Vaughan brought to the car each night began to resemble who more closely?
(a) Elizabeth Taylor.
(b) Raquel Welch.
(c) Vera.
(d) Gabrielle.

11. What does Vaughan ask Ballard to do when they got to Earls Court?
(a) To undress Gabrielle.
(b) To wait for Gabrielle.
(c) To take pictures of Gabrielle.
(d) To walk with Gabrielle.

12. Why does Ballard adjust the rear view mirror as he drives with Vaughan and the two airport prostitutes?
(a) To see if Catherine is following them.
(b) To watch the two girls have sex.
(c) To watch Vaughan and the girl have sex.
(d) To see if Seagrave is following them.

13. Who does Ballard describe as the "perfect forgery of an Ingres"?
(a) Vaughan.
(b) Renata.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Seagrave.

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

15. According to Ballard, Helen was about to enter a period of what after her bereavement?
(a) Promiscuity.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Celibacy.
(d) Bliss.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Vaughan, why is it important for him to have Elizabeth Taylor fill out his questionnaire?

2. What kind of dog did Ballard hit two years earlier when he notices the same deformation on Vaughan's car?

3. According to Ballard, who "resembled rows of the dead looking down at us from the galleries of a columbarium"?

4. According to Ballard, Vaughan's fixation on the sex-death fantasy he created became more frustrated in his last days with him for what reason?

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

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