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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of the men who get to hear the answer?
(a) Loonquawl and Phouchg
(b) Noogjull and Xuachit
(c) Hexbuj and Vuirshad
(d) Paakfert and Jivgt

2. What causes the alarms to sound?
(a) Zaphod shoots a Magrathean.
(b) A hostile ship lands on the planet.
(c) The mice alert the planet of Arthur's escape.
(d) Arthur steals a planetary design award.

3. What does the recording that Arthur sees have?
(a) High Definition
(b) Stereo sound
(c) Picture-in-picture
(d) Subtitles

4. How do the the characters survive the onslaught of police gunfire?
(a) It stops.
(b) They find a trap door.
(c) The mice kill the cops.
(d) They fight back.

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

6. What is the usual fate of those who are determined to make fools of themselves in public?
(a) The sanitarium
(b) Tax exile
(c) Death by alcoholism
(d) Infomercials

7. What was the only thing dolphins did?
(a) Play in the water while having a good time
(b) Do tricks and sing
(c) Sleep
(d) Eat a lot of fish

8. What color is the old man's robe?
(a) Deep purple
(b) Blue
(c) Black
(d) Grey

9. What is still unfinished on the New Earth?
(a) North America
(b) The treelines
(c) The fijords
(d) The fake dinosaur skeletons

10. What three phases does each civilization seem to pass through?
(a) Survival, Inquiry, and Sophistication.
(b) Birth, Life, and Death.
(c) Peace, War, and Ambivalence.
(d) Ignorance, Education, and Synthesis.

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

12. Who was Yooden Vranx?
(a) A real gas
(b) An Arcturian captain
(c) All of the above
(d) The former Galactic President

13. What was the final message from the dolphins?
(a) "So long, and thanks for all the fish."
(b) "We hope you enjoyed the show."
(c) "Until we meet again."
(d) "See you later, thanks for coming."

14. What type of dinosaur's ribcage is Slartibartfast's chair made of?
(a) Tyrannasaurus Rex
(b) Stegosaurus
(c) Brontosaurus
(d) Velociraptor

15. Where did Veet Voojagig go to school?
(a) University of Hooprafrinx VI
(b) University of Alderan
(c) University of Alpha Centauri
(d) University of Maximegalon

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Arthur describe Slartibartfast's story?

2. What is an important fact?

3. What will the New Earth not be?

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

5. What is Zaphod good at?

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