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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the supercomputer?
(a) Deep Thought
(b) The Pondermatic
(c) The Milliard Gargantubrain
(d) The Googleplex Starthinker

2. What were the two most improbable events in the history of the universe?
(a) Probably just coincidences
(b) Zaphod getting elected Galactic President, and Zaphod stealing the Heart of Gold.
(c) The invention of cricket and the gin and tonic.
(d) Arthur arriving on Magrathea, and Arsenal winning the cup.

3. What is the name of the shipboard computer?
(a) Gary
(b) Eddie
(c) Homer
(d) Larry

4. What play does an infinite number of monkeys write?
(a) Hair
(b) Hamlet
(c) Much Ado about Nothing
(d) King Lear

5. What is still unfinished on the New Earth?
(a) The treelines
(b) The fijords
(c) North America
(d) The fake dinosaur skeletons

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the gunfire stop?

2. What is the equivalent of saying "blood... blood" to a computer?

3. What is Arthur concerned about?

4. What is the planet Damogran home to?

5. What does Zaphod think about the ship computer?

(see the answer key)

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