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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would Vaughan arrange women in stylized positions in cars?
(a) To film them.
(b) To paint them.
(c) To photograph them.
(d) To write about them.

2. According to Ballard, Vaughan's relations with women were all governed by what?
(a) "Obsessive games."
(b) "Sexist ideas."
(c) "Violent fantasies."
(d) "Repressed desires."

3. In the hospital, what contained the "hundred histories of collision and bereavement" according to Ballard?
(a) The covered gurneys.
(b) The full IV bags.
(c) The empty beds.
(d) The broken wheelchairs.

4. Who witnessed Ballard inappropriately touch a flight attendant on an escalator and were on his flight to Orly?
(a) A British businessman and his wife.
(b) An American businessman and his wife.
(c) A Dutch businessman and his wife.
(d) A French businessman and his wife.

5. According to Ballard, what do the scars above his patella replicate?
(a) The keys for the ignition and the dashboard compartment.
(b) The knobs for the radio and emergency brakes.
(c) The switches for the windshield wipers and parking lights.
(d) The handles for the air and rearview mirror.

6. What premonitions does Ballard begin to have after being released from the hospital?
(a) The end of the world by automobile.
(b) The return to a pre-industrial age.
(c) The second coming of Jesus.
(d) The salvation of sinners everywhere.

7. What is the name of Catherine's secretary whom she asks Ballard to visualize her having intercourse with?
(a) Kelly.
(b) Katrina.
(c) Kathy.
(d) Karen.

8. At Northolt station, why does Helen ask Ballard to take her to the airport?
(a) Because she likes to see the planes take off and land.
(b) Because she is picking up a friend from America.
(c) Because she is taking a vacation to Spain.
(d) Because she works in the immigration department.

9. Who is the driver parked behind Ballard at the scene of the accident that killed Helen's husband?
(a) The doctor from Helen's room at the hospital.
(b) The doctor who performed his surgery.
(c) The firemen who pulled him out of his car.
(d) The nurse from his room at the hospital.

10. Who is Francis Waring, according to Ballard?
(a) Catherine's lover's wife.
(b) A minor film actress.
(c) His partner's bored wife.
(d) A doctor at the hospital.

11. When Ballard tells Catherine that she should have gone to the funeral for Helen's husband, how does she respond?
(a) She tells him she's glad she didn't because she felt too guilty.
(b) She tells him she couldn't go because he killed him.
(c) She tells him she wished she had, but that she wasn't ready.
(d) She tells him he shouldn't expect her to do what he wants.

12. Who did Vaughan collide with two months earlier when he lurched from a concealed access road?
(a) A stunt driver.
(b) Two air hostesses.
(c) A filmmaker.
(d) Two mechanics.

13. What injuries does Ballard sustain after the crash?
(a) Punctured lungs.
(b) Broken elbows.
(c) Herniated disc.
(d) Fractured knee-caps.

14. According to Ballard, his "_________obsessions soon made themselves evident to ______ _________."
(a) Messianic; Robert Vaughan.
(b) Messianic; Paul Waring.
(c) Tyrannical; Paul Waring.
(d) Tyrannical; Robert Vaughan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On their driving excursions to look for accident sites, what does Vaughan describe to Ballard?

2. According to Ballard, what happens on the fourth day in the hospital "for no evident reason"?

3. What is the name of the place where Vaughan and Ballard watch vehicles crash into concrete blocks?

4. Who does Ballard first take in a rental car to the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?

5. What do all the cars Ballard drives remind him of?

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