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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is written on the cover of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
(a) Don't Panic
(b) This End Up
(c) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(d) Front Cover

2. What does the babel fish allow Aurthur to do?
(a) See in the dark
(b) Understand alien languages
(c) Have babel fish for lunch
(d) Sleep

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What day could Arthur never get the hang of?

2. Why does Ford order so much beer at lunchtime?

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

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

5. How long can you survive in space with a lungful of air?

(see the answer key)

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