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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Was does Zaphod search for on the sub-etha radio?
(a) The movements of the Vogon Constructor Fleet
(b) A signal from the intergalactic fence who will help him sell the Heart of Gold
(c) Some decent gunk music
(d) News about himself

2. What are serious problems throughout the galaxy?
(a) Cancer, and untied shoelaces
(b) Unbridled enthusiasm for danger
(c) Rage and uncontrollable anger
(d) Stress and nervous tension

3. How long can you survive in space with a lungful of air?
(a) Thirty seconds
(b) Five seconds
(c) A minute
(d) As long as you can hold your breath

4. Who saved Ford and Arthur?
(a) The Vogons
(b) The Great Collapsing Hrung
(c) The Dentrassis
(d) Arthur

5. What has opened a passage into the interior of the planet?
(a) An asteroid
(b) One of the nuclear missiles
(c) The Improbability Drive
(d) The whale

6. What is the result of the improbability sum?
(a) Infinity minus one
(b) Infinity squared
(c) Ten trillion billion to one
(d) Two to the power of two hundred and seventy-six thousand, seven hundred and nine to one against

7. What is Marvin's nickname?
(a) The Complain-o-matic
(b) Marvy
(c) Depresso
(d) The Paranoid Android

8. Why is Arthur so excited to be on Magrathea?
(a) He has never been to an alien planet before.
(b) He has a great design for a planet that he wants to show the Magratheans.
(c) The drink he got from the machine has made his brain a little strange.
(d) He has always believed the legend.

9. What word describes the new personality of the computer?
(a) Ambivalent
(b) Matriarchal
(c) Sarcastic
(d) Condescending

10. What rank of intelligence did humans have on Earth?
(a) Second most intelligent
(b) Least intelligent
(c) The most intelligent
(d) Third most intelligent

11. Resistance is...
(a) Futile.
(b) Vain.
(c) Encouraged.
(d) Useless.

12. What does Arthur awake to the sound of?
(a) Arguing
(b) Marvin moaning and complaining
(c) Computerized beeping
(d) Laughter

13. What will die in the next chapter?
(a) One of the characters
(b) Seven rabbits
(c) A whale
(d) Trillian's white mice

14. What does Zaphod have a problem with?
(a) Humans
(b) His brain
(c) His third arm
(d) Trillian

15. Where have Zaphod and Arthur met before?
(a) When Zaphod buzzed Earth as a teaser
(b) They have never actually met.
(c) When Arthur was abducted by aliens
(d) At a party in Islington

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Zaphod turned into an art form?

2. What is Arthur concerned about?

3. What sits in a corner of the control cabin of the Starship Heart of Gold?

4. Which government owns the Starship Heart of Gold?

5. What does Arthur say that saving everyone's lives was?

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