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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Marvin an ironic character?
(a) He is a robot with a large brain, but is extremely ignorant about the world.
(b) He inadvertently received a human personality when he was created.
(c) He is a robot built for efficiency, but incapacitated by depression.
(d) His human personality is very robotic.

2. What is written on the cover of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
(a) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(b) This End Up
(c) Front Cover
(d) Don't Panic

3. Why do parents tell their children about the legend of Magrathea?
(a) They want them to grow up to become psychologists.
(b) They want them to grow up to become economists.
(c) They want them to grow up to become physical therapists.
(d) They want them to grow up to become sociologists.

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

5. Is this sort of thing going to happen every time the improbability drive is used?
(a) Very probably
(b) The probability is unknown.
(c) Highly improbably
(d) Problematically probably

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did scholars write about following the collapse?

3. What does Zaphod find?

4. What is the job of the Intergalactic President?

5. What word best describes the new interior of the ship?

(see the answer key)

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