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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ford buy on his way out of the pub?
(a) Peanuts
(b) More beer
(c) Pretzels
(d) Cigarettes

2. What was life in the former Galactic Empire largely free of?
(a) Suffering
(b) Happiness
(c) Wealth
(d) Taxes

3. Was does Zaphod search for on the sub-etha radio?
(a) The movements of the Vogon Constructor Fleet
(b) Some decent gunk music
(c) News about himself
(d) A signal from the intergalactic fence who will help him sell the Heart of Gold

4. What type of drive is the conventional engine of the Heart of Gold?
(a) Anti-gravity
(b) Ion
(c) Plasma
(d) Photon

5. What type of dinosaur's ribcage is Slartibartfast's chair made of?
(a) Brontosaurus
(b) Tyrannasaurus Rex
(c) Velociraptor
(d) Stegosaurus

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Deep Thought rank in terms of all-time thinking power?

3. Which character has something odd about him or her, like they are missing something?

4. What does the computer do as the missiles approach?

5. What can respectable physicists really not stand for?

(see the answer key)

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