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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the job of the Intergalactic President?
(a) To have a good time
(b) To wield power
(c) To further the Empire and conquer the known universe
(d) To draw attention away from power

2. What does Ford buy on his way out of the pub?
(a) Pretzels
(b) Cigarettes
(c) Peanuts
(d) More beer

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

4. 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) A telephone number.
(c) "What can I do to help you?"
(d) The probability figure that Zaphod was about to ask it for.

5. What sits in a corner of the control cabin of the Starship Heart of Gold?
(a) A bar
(b) Trillian
(c) A robot
(d) A computer

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ford and Arthur?

2. What does Ford use to conceal the alien technology in his satchel?

3. What can respectable physicists really not stand for?

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

5. What are the Vogons going to do to Arthur and Ford?

(see the answer key)

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