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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. Where do the aliens say they live?

2. How do the aliens say Tricia looks different in real life?

3. When, according to Chapter 3, did all known gods come into existence?

4. What does the shadowy shape Ford sees in the window appear to be like?

5. What day is it, when Tricia returns from New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What metaphor does Tricia think of, for trying to live life according to a plan?

2. What does the Hitch Hiker's Guide do to areas where it sets up its offices?

3. What does Ford realize is odd about the thirteenth floor of the Guide building?

4. How does Arthur recognize the maps of NowWhat?

5. How does Ford return the card he stole from his editor?

6. Who comes to find out what Ford is doing in the virtual reality?

7. What does Eric want Tricia to do when she gets home?

8. What does the old lady give to Arthur along with her advice?

9. What does Ford say to the armed men who are in the editor's office?

10. What does the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Mk II look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Random's character.

1) How is Random incomplete as a person? Why does she lack a sense of belonging and identity? How does this affect her personality?

2) What is the meaning of Random's name? What role does randomness and chance play in her existence?

3) Why does Random react the way she does to her mother, her father, the Guide, Tricia, and Earth? Why does she need to open the package from Ford? Why does she need to take apart Arthur's watch?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss language in the novel and the author's use of language.

1) How does the author play with language? How does the author create humor by manipulating language?

2) How does the author use irony in the novel? What other types of figurative language does the author use?

3) How does the author use naming and terminology in the book? What is the significance of the names of planets, objects, scientific ideas, and characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the limitations of knowledge in the novel.

1) How does identity and perspective limit knowledge in the novel?

2) How do the limitations of knowledge doom the characters to being unsuccessful in stopping the new Guide from achieving its goal?

3) In what ways are limitations of knowledge good and bad in the novel?

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