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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ford order so much beer at lunchtime?
(a) It is a memory disabler.
(b) It is a psychological stabilizer.
(c) It is a muscle relaxant.
(d) The world is about to end, and Ford wants to remember the taste.

2. What does Ford use to conceal the alien technology in his satchel?
(a) A towel
(b) Magazines
(c) Scripts for plays
(d) Manuscripts for the bad novels that Ford writes

3. What ship rescues Ford and Arthur?
(a) An interstellar freighter
(b) A passing Teaser
(c) The Starship Heart of Gold
(d) The Space Trucker

4. What does Arthur wish he listened to?
(a) What his mother said when he was young
(b) What his teachers told him about space
(c) The Vogon poem, because it may have had some clues about how to escape
(d) More of Beethoven's music

5. What does Zaphod Beeblebrox do to the Heart of Gold?
(a) Christen it
(b) Make a speech about it
(c) Destroy it
(d) Steal it

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the Vogons going to do to Arthur and Ford?

3. Why can Marvin not keep his mind off things?

4. What does Ford buy on his way out of the pub?

5. Where were Ford and Arthur picked up?

(see the answer key)

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