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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quiz

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This Study Guide consists of approximately 63 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quiz

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1)

How many suns does Magrathea have? (from Chapter 16)

Four
Three
One
Two
2)

What do the characters find sitting next to the Heart of Gold upon their return to the surface? (from Chapter 34)

A Vogon book of poetry
The Blagulon Kappa policecraft
A gold statue
Marvin the robot
3)

What colors are the Heart of Gold's interior after Arthur activates the Improbability Drive? (from Chapter 18)

Green and blue
Red and yellow
Yellow and blue
Purple and pinkish
4)

What does the computer do as the missiles approach? (from Chapter 17)

Raise shields
Take evasive action
Shut down
Sing
5)

What is the equivalent of saying "blood... blood" to a computer? (from Chapter 19)

Threatening to turn off the power
Bad math
Counting
Talking about using a slide rule
6)

What type of craft does the old man have? (from Chapter 22)

A skimmer
A hovercraft
A cruiser
A warcraft
7)

What speed does the aircar travel at? (from Chapter 34)

1000m/hr
Warp 5
10 lightyears/hr
R17
8)

What is Zaphod Beeblebrox drinking? (from Chapter 35)

Gin and tonic
Purple stuff
Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters.
Sparkling wate
9)

What does Arthur almost run into at the end of the chapter? (from Chapter 21)

Marvin
The whale carcass
A pack of ghosts
An old man
10)

What word best describes the new interior of the ship? (from Chapter 18)

Dull
Extraterrestrial
Beautiful
Chaotic
11)

What will the new computer be called? (from Chapter 28)

Mars
The sun
Venus
The Earth
12)

What was the only thing dolphins did? (from Chapter 23)

Play in the water while having a good time
Sleep
Eat a lot of fish
Do tricks and sing
13)

What rank of intelligence did humans have on Earth? (from Chapter 19)

The most intelligent
Third most intelligent
Least intelligent
Second most intelligent
14)

What do the mice want? (from Chapter 31)

Arthur's brain
All of the characters dead
To hire Arthur as a consultant
To ask Arthur what the ultimate question is
15)

What is the last word the computer sings? (from Chapter 17)

16)

What does the recording that Arthur sees have? (from Chapter 27)

Subtitles
High Definition
Picture-in-picture
Stereo sound
17)

Who are the hosts? (from Chapter 31)

Trillian's white mice
The new Galactic President and his entourage
The Intergalatic Police
Strange blue creatures
18)

What does Deep Thought want to do? (from Chapter 25)

Sleep
Design a better digital watch
Design another supercomputer
Calculate the vectors of the atoms in the big bang
19)

Why does the gunfire stop? (from Chapter 33)

The cops decide to befriend the characters.
The cops die.
The cops run out of ammunition.
The guns disappear into thin air.
20)

Where is the Heart of Gold traveling from? (from Chapter 35)

Hawalius
The Horsehead Nebula
Jaglan Beta
Eadra
21)

How many sheep does Marvin count before going to sleep? (from Chapter 21)

Five hundred and a thousand zillion
Five hundred and twenty-three million
Five hundred and eighty-six trillion
Five hundred and ninety-seven billion
22)

How many pages is this chapter? (from Chapter 26)

Less than one
Three and a bit
Five
A little more than two
23)

What is an important fact? (from Chapter 23)

Humans are not intelligent.
A towel is the most important thing you can possess.
Things are not always what they seem.
You cannot trust anyone.
24)

What is Deep Thought's answer to life, the universe, and everything? (from Chapter 27)

Go forth and multiply
Be happy
Forty-two
Apple
25)

How long has Magrathea been dead for? (from Chapter 17)

Five million years
Seven million years
Ten million years
A billion and a half years
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