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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Arthur say that saving everyone's lives was?
(a) Really good thinking
(b) Nothing
(c) His greatest achievement
(d) His way of saying thanks for rescuing Ford and himself from space

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

4. What are the initials burned into Zaphod's brain?
(a) A.D.
(b) Z.B.
(c) T.M.
(d) F.P.

5. What is the job of the Intergalactic President?
(a) To further the Empire and conquer the known universe
(b) To draw attention away from power
(c) To have a good time
(d) To wield power

6. The typical Vogon is...
(a) Pleasant
(b) Drunk
(c) Vile
(d) Evolved

7. Where are the characters located?
(a) The Basingstoke Roundabout
(b) The Horsehead Nebula
(c) The Milky Way
(d) Barnard's Star

8. 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 always believed the legend.
(c) He has a great design for a planet that he wants to show the Magratheans.
(d) He has never been to an alien planet before.

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

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

11. What color are the seas exactly the wrong shade of?
(a) Green
(b) Blue
(c) Pink
(d) Yellow

12. Who is Ford Prefect?
(a) All of the above
(b) A drunk
(c) A roving researcher for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(d) Arthur Dent's friend

13. Where does Marvin have a terrible pain?
(a) In his neural network
(b) In his right knee joint
(c) In the diodes of his left side
(d) In his pain processors

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

15. Why is Arthur Dent's house being demolished?
(a) To make room for a new condo development
(b) To make way for a bypass
(c) To clear the view for the owners of the expensive houses down the road
(d) It does not meet fire code.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do all the molecules of a hostess's underwear move in accordance with?

2. What ship rescues Ford and Arthur?

3. What does Ford use to conceal the alien technology in his satchel?

4. Who has come to visit the Earth in massive yellow spaceships?

5. What word describes the new personality of the computer?

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