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Douglas Adams' "Dirk Gently" - Part Two

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Introduction:
"The second of three quizzes about the novel "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency". This one's a little tougher than the first. It deals more with actual plot points, and contains spoilers."


1. What word does Dirk claim "is not in my dictionary"?
    fear
    cowardice
    failure
    impossible


2. What poet's works (and the poet himself) figure prominently in the story?
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    Percy Shelly
    William Wordsworth
    William Blake


3. During the banquet at St. Cedd's, what object does Reg cause to disappear, and reappear inside an antique Greek pot which had been found by a child?
    a silver spoon
    a silver salt cellar
    a gold napkin ring
    a crystal wine glass


4. Name the former editor of the unsuccessful "Fathom" Magazine who finds himself out of a job when his mother sells the magazine out from under him?
    Vince Snetterton-Lewis
    Lord Magna
    Michael Wenton-Weaks
    A. K. Ross


5. Where is Reg's time machine?
    in the college gymnasium
    in his apartment
    in a disused cellar
    in the courtyard, disguised as a telephone box


6. Who shoots Gordon Way?
    a police officer
    Michael Wenton-Weaks
    an electric monk
    A.K. Ross


7. When Richard visits Reg in his rooms, there's a sudden noise from upstairs. The Reg investigates, and is relieved to discover that the disturbance is only ... what?
    a ghost in the closet
    a policeman in the entrance hall
    a horse in the bathroom
    a poet under the stairs


8. During questioning under hypnosis, Dirk gives Richard a post-hypnotic suggestion, which Richard later carries out. What does he do?
    stands on his head
    sings "Happy Birthday"
    answers an imaginary telephone
    jumps in a canal


9. How does the ghost of Gordon Way try to communicate with the living world?
    by telephone
    by appearing on a computer screen
    by e-mail
    by telepathy


10. In addition to Gordon Way's, another ghost figures prominently in the story. Who was this ghost in life?
    King George III
    an alien
    Mozart
    a sailor


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