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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rare, or Medium Rare?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Adams in the first sentence of chapter Blind Panic, ________ are the things you don't know you're making.
(a) Lies.
(b) Procrastination.
(c) Assumptions.
(d) Excuses.

2. According to Adams in Twig Technology, Antananarivo is pronounced ________.
(a) Tsiroanomandidy.
(b) Arivonimamo.
(c) Ambalavao.
(d) Tananarive.

3. Adams informs the reader that "Moose" was short for ________.
(a) Shasmecka.
(b) Amadeus.
(c) Tineka Jawana.
(d) Hieronymus.

4. Who are the two stereotypically superior, young German tourists in Zaïre who go with Adams and Carwardine on their search for mountain gorillas?
(a) Arab and Zhou.
(b) Helmut and Kurt.
(c) Kes and Fraser.
(d) Murara and Serundori.

5. Bill Black claims he has flown in Fiordland for ________ years.
(a) 32.
(b) 3.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Douglas Adams states that the Kakapo is a bird that in some ways reminds him of the ________.

2. According to Adams, ________ in every five of the gorillas alive in the world's zoos today were originally taken from the wild.

3. What animal is the world's largest, fattest, and least able-to-fly parrot?

4. Adams discovers that condoms are referred to as a ________ in China.

5. Adams reveals that both Richard and Carl's first obsession was for ________.

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