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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eddie say the characters' adventure will end in?
(a) Sadness
(b) Blood
(c) Tears
(d) Celebration

2. What is the equivalent of saying "blood... blood" to a computer?
(a) Talking about using a slide rule
(b) Bad math
(c) Threatening to turn off the power
(d) Counting

3. What did scholars write about following the collapse?
(a) Planned political economy
(b) New Neo-Liberalology
(c) How poor scholars generally were following the collapse
(d) Metaphysical discourse

4. What reason does the old man give for the missiles that nearly destroyed the Heart of Gold?
(a) The old regime was a little paranoid.
(b) They needed to get rid of some missiles.
(c) The computers are bored.
(d) The ship is stolen, and there is a bounty on it.

5. What happens to Ford and Arthur?
(a) They die in deep space.
(b) They find a way back into the ship.
(c) They are rescued.
(d) They are sucked into the gravitational pull of a nearby planet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ford hum to the guard in an attempt to stir some feelings within him?

2. What type of craft does the old man have?

3. What does the old man unsuccessfully try to do to Arthur?

4. What escapes?

5. What does Zaphod think about the ship computer?

(see the answer key)

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