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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Trillian pick up hitchhikers?
(a) Zaphod told her to.
(b) She didn not; the ship picked them up all by itself.
(c) She was worried that they would die.
(d) She thought they would be useful as hostages.

2. What colors are the Heart of Gold's interior after Arthur activates the Improbability Drive?
(a) Purple and pinkish
(b) Red and yellow
(c) Green and blue
(d) Yellow and blue

3. Where does the ship go when the Improbability Drive is activated?
(a) Nowhere
(b) Back to the smoking remains of the Earth
(c) Into the interior of the planet Magrathea
(d) It appears in orbit of the planet Damogran.

4. What fantastic new industry was created?
(a) Custom planets
(b) Custom constellations
(c) Custom starships
(d) Customer service

5. How does Vogon poetry rank in the universe?
(a) The very worst
(b) Third worst
(c) Second best
(d) Eleventh

6. What ship rescues Ford and Arthur?
(a) A passing Teaser
(b) An interstellar freighter
(c) The Starship Heart of Gold
(d) The Space Trucker

7. What does the computer do as the missiles approach?
(a) Raise shields
(b) Take evasive action
(c) Shut down
(d) Sing

8. What does Arthur wish he listened to?
(a) More of Beethoven's music
(b) What his mother said when he was young
(c) The Vogon poem, because it may have had some clues about how to escape
(d) What his teachers told him about space

9. What does Zaphod find?
(a) The most improbable creature in existence
(b) The best vacation spot imaginable
(c) The most improbable planet ever
(d) The most improbable galaxy ever

10. Why do parents tell their children about the legend of Magrathea?
(a) They want them to grow up to become sociologists.
(b) They want them to grow up to become psychologists.
(c) They want them to grow up to become physical therapists.
(d) They want them to grow up to become economists.

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

12. Who is Mr. Prosser a descendant of?
(a) Genghis Khan
(b) Alexander the Great
(c) Ivan the Terrible
(d) King Henry VIII

13. What words best describe the reunion of Ford and Zaphod?
(a) Excited enthusiasm
(b) Appalling nonchalance
(c) Zarkingly great energy
(d) Orgiastic boredom

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

15. What does Ford use to conceal the alien technology in his satchel?
(a) Manuscripts for the bad novels that Ford writes
(b) A towel
(c) Magazines
(d) Scripts for plays

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last word the computer sings?

2. What has Zaphod turned into an art form?

3. What day could Arthur never get the hang of?

4. What does Ford hum to the guard in an attempt to stir some feelings within him?

5. What are serious problems throughout the galaxy?

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