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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the significance of the location where the Heart of Gold picked up Ford and Arthur?
(a) There is a black hole there.
(b) It is the same sector where Zaphod picked up Trillian.
(c) It was the location where the Heart of Gold originates from.
(d) It is the geographic center of the universe.

2. Why can Marvin not keep his mind off things?
(a) He was badly made and has a lot of bugs in his system.
(b) There is nothing to distract him.
(c) His programming does not allow it.
(d) He has an extremely large mind.

3. Which government owns the Starship Heart of Gold?
(a) The Galactic Hyperspace Federation
(b) Omicron VI
(c) No one owns it, it has been stolen.
(d) The Sirius Cybernetics Empire

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

5. What is a good source of Brownian motion?
(a) Zydrine crystals
(b) A sub-meson brain
(c) Plutonium atoms
(d) A nice hot cup of tea

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zaphod invent?

2. What does Arthur wish he listened to?

3. What sits in a corner of the control cabin of the Starship Heart of Gold?

4. Who is Mr. Prosser a descendant of?

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

(see the answer key)

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