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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ford Prefect?
(a) A roving researcher for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(b) Arthur Dent's friend
(c) A drunk
(d) All of the above

2. What does Ford start turning into?
(a) A madman with five heads
(b) An elderberry bush
(c) A penguin
(d) Arthur

3. What can respectable physicists really not stand for?
(a) Debasements of science
(b) Wild parties
(c) Zaphod Beeblebrox
(d) A smart-ass

4. How long can you survive in space with a lungful of air?
(a) A minute
(b) As long as you can hold your breath
(c) Five seconds
(d) Thirty seconds

5. Why is Marvin an ironic character?
(a) He inadvertently received a human personality when he was created.
(b) He is a robot with a large brain, but is extremely ignorant about the world.
(c) He is a robot built for efficiency, but incapacitated by depression.
(d) His human personality is very robotic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the job of the Intergalactic President?

2. Which government owns the Starship Heart of Gold?

3. What happens to Ford and Arthur?

4. What is the significance of the location where the Heart of Gold picked up Ford and Arthur?

5. Resistance is...

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