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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has come to visit the Earth in massive yellow spaceships?
(a) Martians
(b) Vogons
(c) The evil people of Krikkit
(d) Betelgeuse traders

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

3. What is Trillian's only link with Earth?
(a) Her cat
(b) Mice
(c) A digital watch
(d) Arthur

4. What do all the molecules of a hostess's underwear move in accordance with?
(a) The theory of interference
(b) The theory of gravitation
(c) The theory of relativity
(d) The theory of indeterminacy

5. What is written on the cover of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
(a) Front Cover
(b) Don't Panic
(c) This End Up
(d) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

6. What does Zaphod think about the ship computer?
(a) He loathes it.
(b) He thinks of it as a necessary evil.
(c) He does not think about it much at all.
(d) He loves it.

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

8. What did Zaphod call himself when he was on Earth?
(a) Phil
(b) Ned
(c) Steve
(d) Peter

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

10. What is the planet Damogran home to?
(a) A secret type of ion drive
(b) Zaphod Beeblebrox
(c) The Heart of Gold
(d) A Vogon Constructor Fleet

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

12. Why is Marvin an ironic character?
(a) His human personality is very robotic.
(b) He inadvertently received a human personality when he was created.
(c) He is a robot with a large brain, but is extremely ignorant about the world.
(d) He is a robot built for efficiency, but incapacitated by depression.

13. What part of an Antarean parakeet is a revolting delicacy?
(a) The gland
(b) The gall bladder
(c) The feet
(d) The liver

14. After saying "Hi there!," the ship's computer prints out a ribbon of ticker tape. What does the tape say?
(a) A telephone number.
(b) The probability figure that Zaphod was about to ask it for.
(c) "I want you to know that whatever your problem, I am here to help you solve it."
(d) "What can I do to help you?"

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Arthur concerned about?

2. What is a good source of Brownian motion?

3. What is the significance of the location where the Heart of Gold picked up Ford and Arthur?

4. What is the name of the shipboard computer?

5. Resistance is...

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