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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the junior pathologist, trainee radiologist, and service manager of a garage all have in common?
(a) They are Helen's lovers.
(b) They are Ballard's lovers.
(c) They are Catherine's lovers.
(d) They are Vaughan's lovers.

2. What fantasies does Vaughan teach Ballard to visualize?
(a) Death and injuries Ballard always pitied.
(b) Death and injuries Ballard always despised.
(c) Death and injuries Ballard always feared.
(d) Death and injuries Ballard always desired.

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

4. Ballard and Vaughan listen to police and _______ broadcasts as they search for Seagrave, who has gone missing.
(a) Ambulance.
(b) Military.
(c) Firefighter.
(d) Government.

5. Whose death does Ballard begin to think about in a "more calculated way" than the one Vaughan designed for a famous film actress?
(a) Catherine's.
(b) Helen's.
(c) Vaughan's.
(d) His.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the subjects who completed Vaughan's questionnaire all have in common?

2. Since their visit to the Road Research Laboratory, Vaughan goes to the studios to see Seagrave, but Ballard thinks the real motive is what?

3. Who wears a back brace, steel clamps and has gas bacillus scars on her kneecaps?

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

5. On the Harlington clearway, besides the customized fiberglass sports car, and a chauffeur-driven government saloon, what other car is involved a crash?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Elizabeth Taylor shooting at the studio where Ballard works and how is it significant?

2. How does Ballard respond to Vaughan's request to give one of the questionnaires to Elizabeth Taylor and what does it show about his character?

3. Why does Ballard begin to drive through the city in search of Vaughan?

4. Why is Seagrave's disappearance important to the plot?

5. How does Vaughan begin to change as the novel progresses?

6. Who are the spectators at the accident site involving the taxi and limo and what role does the scene have in the larger story?

7. At Seagrave's, what does Ballard deduce about Vaughan's photographs of Elizabeth Taylor and provides insight into why Vaughan followed Ballard?

8. How does Vaughan pose the prostitutes for his photographs and why?

9. What kinds of pictures does Ballard find in the questionnaire and what do they signify?

10. Describe Catherine's fantasies about Vaughan, how they pertain to Ballard, and their impact on her and Ballard's marriage.

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