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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of equipment does Vaughan have in his apartment?
(a) Building.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Electronic.
(d) Mechanical.

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

3. What other famous personalities does Vaughan NOT obsess over?
(a) Athletes.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Models.
(d) Politicians.

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

5. What does Vaughan pick up that has been left by the police at an accident sight?
(a) Chalk.
(b) Flags.
(c) Tape.
(d) Bags.

6. Who are the five film actresses Seagrave devised an "abattoir of sexual mutiliation" for Vaughan's questionnaire?
(a) Garbo, Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, Bardot, and Raquel Welch.
(b) Bette Davis, Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, Bardot, and Raquel Welch.
(c) Garbo, Jayne Mansfield, Elizabeth Taylor, Bardot, and Raquel Welch.
(d) Bette Davis, Jayne Mansfield, Elizabeth Taylor, Bardot, and Raquel Welch.

7. What is the name of the famous writer that Vaughan has an agency picture of for his questionnaire?
(a) Albert Camus.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Kurt Vonnegut.

8. 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 Julie Andrews will drive it.
(b) If Paul Newman will drive it.
(c) If Sean Connery will drive it.
(d) If Elizabeth Taylor will drive it.

9. How does Seagrave preempt the "real death" that Vaughan reserved for himself?
(a) By driving Elizabeth Taylor's limo in his own death.
(b) By wearing Vaughan's jacket and trousers in Elizabeth Taylor's death.
(c) By driving Vaughan's Lincoln in Elizabeth Taylor's death.
(d) By wearing Elizabeth Taylor's wig and costume in his own death.

10. In Ballard's last days with Vaughan, they no longer drive the motorway searching for accidents, but do what instead?
(a) Drink in a bar near Vaughan's apartment.
(b) Sit in a parking lot behind Ballard' apartment.
(c) Walk in a park near the airport.
(d) Sleep in a motel behind the airport.

11. According to Ballard, "Above all, the apartment was dominated by Vaughan's evident _____."
(a) Narcissism.
(b) Regrets.
(c) Family.
(d) Accolades.

12. Why do the police signal to Vaughan when Ballard and Vaughan leave Ballard's studio?
(a) Because they want to question him regarding a stolen vehicle.
(b) Because they want to question him regarding an outstanding warrant.
(c) Because they want to question him regarding a pedestrian he ran over.
(d) Because they want to question him regarding his stalking Elizabeth Taylor.

13. What kind of alcohol does Ballard buy from the bar?
(a) Beer.
(b) Wine.
(c) Rum.
(d) Gin.

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

15. According to Ballard, Helen was about to enter a period of what after her bereavement?
(a) Celibacy.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Promiscuity.
(d) Bliss.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ballard, who "resembled rows of the dead looking down at us from the galleries of a columbarium"?

2. How many cars collide at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?

3. What fantasies does Vaughan teach Ballard to visualize?

4. According to Ballard, each of Gabrielle's body was a "ripening anthology of ______possibilities."

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

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