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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 Ballard's lovers.
(b) They are Vaughan's lovers.
(c) They are Catherine's lovers.
(d) They are Helen's lovers.

2. What is the name of the avenue that Ballard and Vaughan drive along with the two airport prostitutes?
(a) Southhern Avenue.
(b) Eastern Avenue.
(c) Western Avenue.
(d) Northern Avenue.

3. 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) It started raining.
(b) The streets are empty.
(c) The sun is shining.
(d) There are no planes on the runway.

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

5. According to Vaughan, why is it important for him to have Elizabeth Taylor fill out his questionnaire?
(a) Because she has been in a car crash.
(b) Because she is in all of the subjects fantasies.
(c) Because none of the subjects named her in their fantasies.
(d) Because she has never been in a car crash.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Ballard, what left an "archipelago of pockmarks" across Vaughan's neck?

3. According to Ballard, who wears her hair in a "simulated Afro wig"?

4. Why do the police signal to Vaughan when Ballard and Vaughan leave Ballard's studio?

5. What lay in the dashboard locker below the instrument panel of the Citroen Pallas saloon car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ballard fantasize about as he has sex with Gabrielle and what does it mean?

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

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

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

5. How does Gabrielle respond to Ballard's staring at the scars on her legs and how does Ballard interpret her response?

6. Why is Ballard attracted to Gabrielle?

7. Why does J.G. Ballard portray Vaughan's self-stimulation in the vehicle where a dentist recently died?

8. What kinds of photos are in the album Vaughan shows Ballard at Seagrave's house and what does Ballard notice about them?

9. What is the purpose of Vaughan's questionnaire?

10. What is Ballard's response to Catherine sleeping with Vaughan?

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