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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the computer do as the missiles approach?
(a) Sing
(b) Take evasive action
(c) Shut down
(d) Raise shields

2. Who is Mr. Prosser a descendant of?
(a) Genghis Khan
(b) King Henry VIII
(c) Ivan the Terrible
(d) Alexander the Great

3. What did scholars write about following the collapse?
(a) Planned political economy
(b) Metaphysical discourse
(c) New Neo-Liberalology
(d) How poor scholars generally were following the collapse

4. What did Zaphod call himself when he was on Earth?
(a) Peter
(b) Ned
(c) Phil
(d) Steve

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Vogon poetry rank in the universe?

3. Why did Trillian pick up hitchhikers?

4. What is written on the cover of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

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

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