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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Ballard call the "nightmare angel of expressways"?
(a) Elizabeth Taylor.
(b) Ballard.
(c) Vaughan.
(d) Helen Remington.

2. What is the name of the park where Ballard and Catherine's apartment is located?
(a) Drake.
(b) Drummond.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Drayton.

3. What does Vaughan do as he drives past the crash at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?
(a) Cheer.
(b) Expose himself.
(c) Honk his horn.
(d) Take pictures.

4. According to the narrator, with whom did Vaughan want to die in a collision?
(a) James Ballard.
(b) Catherine Ballard.
(c) Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) Dr. Helen Remington.

5. The walls of Vaughan's apartment are covered with close-ups of whose body?
(a) Marilyn Monroe's.
(b) James Ballard's.
(c) Dr. Helen Remington's.
(d) Elizabeth Taylor's.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Road Research Laboratory, who does Helen stare at "almost as if they were patients whom she hoped to treat"?

2. What kind of commercial did Ballard prepare that he hoped to use a well-known actress for?

3. Who does Ballard's wife Catherine tell him he looks like in the hospital?

4. According to Ballard, all who knew Vaughan accepted what about a car-crash?

5. What kind of business has Catherine started up with one of her boyfriends?

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