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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After saying "Hi there!," the ship's computer prints out a ribbon of ticker tape. What does the tape say?
(a) "I want you to know that whatever your problem, I am here to help you solve it."
(b) The probability figure that Zaphod was about to ask it for.
(c) "What can I do to help you?"
(d) A telephone number.

2. Resistance is...
(a) Encouraged.
(b) Useless.
(c) Futile.
(d) Vain.

3. What has Zaphod turned into an art form?
(a) Coolness
(b) Spontanaeity
(c) Unfathomability
(d) Creative sarcasm

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did scholars write about following the collapse?

2. Was does Zaphod search for on the sub-etha radio?

3. Is this sort of thing going to happen every time the improbability drive is used?

4. What fantastic new industry was created?

5. What is a good source of Brownian motion?

(see the answer key)

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