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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are the seas exactly the wrong shade of?
(a) Blue
(b) Yellow
(c) Pink
(d) Green

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

3. What are the Vogons going to do to Arthur and Ford?
(a) Throw them into space
(b) Put them in prison
(c) Return them to the Earth
(d) Vaporize them

4. Why did Trillian pick up hitchhikers?
(a) She was worried that they would die.
(b) She didn not; the ship picked them up all by itself.
(c) She thought they would be useful as hostages.
(d) Zaphod told her to.

5. What is Trillian's only link with Earth?
(a) Mice
(b) Arthur
(c) A digital watch
(d) Her cat

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zaphod call himself when he was on Earth?

2. How long can you survive in space with a lungful of air?

3. What did scholars write about following the collapse?

4. Where does Arthur Dent work?

5. What does Ford start turning into?

(see the answer key)

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