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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of drive is the conventional engine of the Heart of Gold?
(a) Photon
(b) Anti-gravity
(c) Plasma
(d) Ion

2. What did Zaphod invent?
(a) The Infinite Improbability Drive
(b) The Gynnan-Tonix
(c) The Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
(d) The field of professional brain care

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

4. What does Ford hum to the guard in an attempt to stir some feelings within him?
(a) A tuneless melody that popped into Ford's head
(b) The first bar of Beethoven's Fifth
(c) The beginning of Auld Lang Syne
(d) An old Betelgeusian battle hymn

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zaphod Beeblebrox do to the Heart of Gold?

2. What is the significance of the location where the Heart of Gold picked up Ford and Arthur?

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

4. What is the planet Damogran home to?

5. Who has come to visit the Earth in massive yellow spaceships?

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