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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is being built in Magrathea's factory?
(a) Another version of the Earth
(b) A vacation planet for mice
(c) A Vogon constructor fleet
(d) A death star

2. Where is the Heart of Gold traveling from?
(a) Hawalius
(b) The Horsehead Nebula
(c) Eadra
(d) Jaglan Beta

3. What type of craft does the old man have?
(a) A skimmer
(b) A warcraft
(c) A cruiser
(d) A hovercraft

4. What does Deep Thought want to do?
(a) Calculate the vectors of the atoms in the big bang
(b) Design another supercomputer
(c) Sleep
(d) Design a better digital watch

5. Who does Ford find lying face-down in the cold dust?
(a) Marvin the robot
(b) Arthur
(c) Zaphod Beeblebrox
(d) Slartibartfast

6. Where do Arthur and the others escape to?
(a) A computer bay
(b) A spacecraft
(c) An empty office
(d) A wormhole

7. How does Arthur describe Slartibartfast's story?
(a) Salutary
(b) Subtle
(c) Salient
(d) Salubrious

8. What does the Blagulon Kappa policecraft do after Marvin the robot talks to it?
(a) It attacks Marvin.
(b) It catches fire.
(c) It sounds an alarm.
(d) It commits suicide.

9. How can Arthur experience the answer to the great question?
(a) Experience-O-Matic
(b) Virtu-O-System
(c) Sens-O-Tape
(d) See-O-Vision

10. What is the strange irritating light not?
(a) Infinity
(b) An alien spotlight
(c) Ultraviolet
(d) All of the above

11. How long will it take Deep Thought to figure out the answer to life, the universe, and everything?
(a) Eight and a quarter billion years
(b) Six thousand, three hundred years
(c) Seven and a half million years
(d) Seventeen days and four hours

12. Who goes to investigate the gunfire when it stops?
(a) Arthur
(b) Trillian
(c) Zaphod
(d) Ford

13. Who caused a war by an idle comment?
(a) Ford
(b) Trilian
(c) Zaphod
(d) Arthur

14. How long does it take anyone to speak after hearing the answer?
(a) Forever
(b) Ten seconds
(c) A few minutes
(d) A long time

15. Who are furious about the Earth's destruction?
(a) Mice
(b) The Galactic Government
(c) Vogons
(d) Dentrassi

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times can a galactic civilization grow from a single worm in ten million years?

2. What is the imaginary planet that Zaphod, Trillian, and Ford are on made of?

3. What were the two most improbable events in the history of the universe?

4. How does Slartibartfast respond when Arthur tries to talk to him in the aircar?

5. Where did Veet Voojagig go to school?

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