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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Resistance is...

2. What does the whale think might be a good friend, but is in fact not?

3. What can respectable physicists really not stand for?

4. What does Zaphod have a problem with?

5. What are serious problems throughout the galaxy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the problem with Marvin the android?

2. What is the interior of the Starship Heart of Gold like?

3. What is Arthur angry about? What does he do?

4. What problems does Zaphod have with the computer?

5. What is Marvin's problem?

6. How does Ford Prefect manage to get Arthur to stop lying in front of the bulldozers?

7. What went through the mind of the bowl of petunias? Why do you think this is?

8. Where do Ford and Arthur find themselves immediately after being rescued? What is happening, and why?

9. Why are the events of the next chapter given away in advance? What is withheld?

10. What does Ford fail to understand about humans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that briefly describes as many of the galactic civilizations and races in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as possible. Be sure to cover:

1 - Which civilizations are the most "alien."

2 - Whether or not the civilizations are/were friendly.

3 - Which civilization is the most interesting to you.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on what you think is the third-most intelligent species on Earth, and why.

Essay Topic 3

Write a fake research paper from the perspective of a mouse that discusses the results of an experiment on human scientists.

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