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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the parking lot outside the hospital, Ballard says that his hostility towards Vaughan gave way to what?
2. According to Ballard, "For Vaughan, the car-crash and his own ______ had made their final marriage."
3. Why would Vaughan arrange women in stylized positions in cars?
4. What kind of business has Catherine started up with one of her boyfriends?
5. Who dies as the novel opens?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the wife of the man killed in the crash with Ballard react to the crash and why is it significant?
2. What is the chronology of the novel and why is it significant?
3. Who is Elizabeth Taylor and what role does she play in the novel?
4. In the hospital, what does Ballard begin to do once he's mobile and how is it significant?
5. What does Ballard believe Helen's motives are for making love with him at the site of the accident and what is their sex act a metaphor for?
6. Why does Ballard recognize Dr. Robert Vaughan when he sees him with the camera in the parking garage and why is it significant?
7. How is the man killed in the crash with Ballard symbolic?
8. How do Ballard, Helen, and Vaughan react to Seagrave's accident at the stock-car races and why is it significant?
9. What kind of pleasure did Vaughan derive from car crashes and how is it significant?
10. What dominates Ballard's thoughts as he recovers in the hospital and why is it significant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the novel, sexuality is used as a means of both coercion and empowerment. Give two to three examples to support your statements.
1) Discuss the overall theme of sexuality as it pertains to identity in the novel.
2) Choose one character and discuss her/his sexuality as it evolves in the novel.
Essay Topic 2
How does J.G. Ballard use language in the novel? How would you characterize the tone and style of the language? Support your statements with examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
Automobiles play a major role in the novel. Choose 2 characters and discuss their relationship to vehicles. What is their purpose in the novel and what are they a metaphor for? Make sure to define metaphor in your discussion.
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