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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When Renata meets Ballard in the parking lot of the studio, what does she ask him about the crushed Citroen Pallas saloon car?
(a) If Elizabeth Taylor will drive it.
(b) If Julie Andrews will drive it.
(c) If Sean Connery will drive it.
(d) If Paul Newman will drive it.
2. At the Road Research Laboratory, who does Helen stare at "almost as if they were patients whom she hoped to treat"?
(a) The stunt drivers.
(b) The researchers.
(c) The visitors.
(d) The mannequins.
3. How does Seagrave preempt the "real death" that Vaughan reserved for himself?
(a) By wearing Elizabeth Taylor's wig and costume in his own death.
(b) By driving Vaughan's Lincoln in Elizabeth Taylor's death.
(c) By wearing Vaughan's jacket and trousers in Elizabeth Taylor's death.
(d) By driving Elizabeth Taylor's limo in his own death.
4. What does Ballard notice about the crowd that gathered at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?
(a) There are some teenagers.
(b) There are a lot of children.
(c) There are few women.
(d) There are all men.
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) His.
(b) Catherine's.
(c) Vaughan's.
(d) Helen's.
6. According to Ballard, "It isn't sex that Vaughan is interested in, but _______."
(a) Death.
(b) Technology.
(c) Violence.
(d) Life.
7. At the Road Research Laboratory, when does Ballard feel his sense of disembodiment and unreality increase?
(a) When the film plays.
(b) When the visitors arrive.
(c) When the cars crash.
(d) When Vaughan appears.
8. What is the effect on Ballard of Vaughan following him in his car?
(a) Ballard thinks he will have a nervous breakdown.
(b) Ballard thinks he will kill Vaughan.
(c) Ballard thinks he will be involved in a second accident.
(d) Ballard thinks he will turn Vaughan in.
9. At the studio, who does Ballard see dressed up to resemble a famous screen actress, wearing a fawn suede coat, brassiere, and makeup?
(a) Vaughan.
(b) A stranger.
(c) An extra.
(d) Seagrave.
10. On the Harlington clearway, besides the customized fiberglass sports car, and a chauffeur-driven government saloon, what other car is involved a crash?
(a) A Volkswagon.
(b) A Mercedes.
(c) A BMW.
(d) A Toyota.
11. What other famous personalities does Vaughan NOT obsess over?
(a) Models.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Athletes.
12. What happens to the young woman chauffeur of the government saloon on the Harlington clearway?
(a) She has minor injuries.
(b) She is uninjured.
(c) She dies.
(d) She is badly injured.
13. How does Vaughan position himself and Catherine in the backseat while Ballard watches them have sex?
(a) In the same posture as Ballard and Helen.
(b) In the same posture as the diplomat and young woman.
(c) In the same posture as Elizabeth Taylor and her husband.
(d) In the same posture as Vaughan and the prostitute.
14. What is the name of the avenue that Ballard and Vaughan drive along with the two airport prostitutes?
(a) Western Avenue.
(b) Southhern Avenue.
(c) Northern Avenue.
(d) Eastern Avenue.
15. What does Vaughan pick up that has been left by the police at an accident sight?
(a) Chalk.
(b) Bags.
(c) Tape.
(d) Flags.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who are the five film actresses Seagrave devised an "abattoir of sexual mutiliation" for Vaughan's questionnaire?
2. Whose body does Ballard visualize injured in a series of accidents at various stages of her life?
3. What is the name the researchers at the Road Research Laboratory give the mannequin on the motorcycle?
4. Ballard and Vaughan listen to police and _______ broadcasts as they search for Seagrave, who has gone missing.
5. According to Ballard, "Above all, the apartment was dominated by Vaughan's evident _____."
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