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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Phouchg call the name "Earth"?
(a) Dull
(b) Fascinating
(c) Exciting
(d) Strange

2. Where does Slartibartfast offer to take Arthur?
(a) For a stroll on the New Earth
(b) To sign a petition against the Vogons
(c) To meet the mice
(d) To see Zaphod, Ford, and Trillian

3. What would Slartibartfast rather be than right?
(a) Young
(b) Respected
(c) Happy
(d) Wealthy

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

5. Where does Zaphod suggest eating?
(a) The Nutri-Matic Machine
(b) The local greasy starship
(c) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
(d) Veet Voojagig's house

6. What did Ford kindly leave Arthur?
(a) His copy of the Guide
(b) A pillow
(c) His towel
(d) His stun-ray

7. What does Arthur almost run into at the end of the chapter?
(a) A pack of ghosts
(b) An old man
(c) Marvin
(d) The whale carcass

8. What were the two most improbable events in the history of the universe?
(a) Arthur arriving on Magrathea, and Arsenal winning the cup.
(b) Probably just coincidences
(c) The invention of cricket and the gin and tonic.
(d) Zaphod getting elected Galactic President, and Zaphod stealing the Heart of Gold.

9. What happened to the dolphins when the Vogons arrived?
(a) They died along with the humans.
(b) They left by their own means.
(c) No one is entirely sure.
(d) They negotiated with the Vogons and were taken away.

10. What is an important fact?
(a) A towel is the most important thing you can possess.
(b) Humans are not intelligent.
(c) Things are not always what they seem.
(d) You cannot trust anyone.

11. What subject is Arthur reading about?
(a) The Alchemy of Betelguese Five
(b) The Philosophy of Time Travel
(c) The History of every Galactic Civilization
(d) The Archaeology of Magrathea

12. What is Deep Thought the size of?
(a) A small continent
(b) A small planet
(c) A small city
(d) A small spaceship

13. What happened to the life-support systems in the cops' backpacks?
(a) They blew up.
(b) They went on strike.
(c) They backfired.
(d) They ran out of batteries.

14. What had mankind achieved?
(a) Digital watches, fire, New Jersey, and so on.
(b) The car, computers, England, and so on.
(c) The wheel, wars, New York, and so on.
(d) Science, math, art, and so on.

15. What type of talk costs lives?
(a) Casual
(b) Loose
(c) Silly
(d) Careless

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not one of Arthur's problems?

2. What will the New Earth not be?

3. How does Marvin get on with other robots?

4. Where do Arthur and the others escape to?

5. What is Arthur reading?

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