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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What planet are the cops from?
(a) Allosimanius Syneca
(b) Voondon
(c) Blagulon Kappa
(d) Esflovian

2. How does Deep Thought rank in terms of all-time thinking power?
(a) Fourth
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) First

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

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

5. How many times can a galactic civilization grow from a single worm in ten million years?
(a) Three times
(b) Umpteen times
(c) Once or twice
(d) Five times

6. What country's coastlines did Slartibartfast get an award for?
(a) Canada
(b) Sweden
(c) Greenland
(d) Norway

7. 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.

8. What is Arthur reading?
(a) The manual to the Heart of Gold
(b) The Encyclopedia Galactica
(c) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(d) Vogon Poetry

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

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

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

12. How many sheep does Marvin count before going to sleep?
(a) Five hundred and twenty-three million
(b) Five hundred and a thousand zillion
(c) Five hundred and eighty-six trillion
(d) Five hundred and ninety-seven billion

13. How does Slartibartfast respond when Arthur tries to talk to him in the aircar?
(a) He ignores Arthur.
(b) He shrugs and continues to fly.
(c) He asks Arthur if he is comfortable.
(d) He tells Arthur to be quiet.

14. What is the old man's name?
(a) Fastilarislast
(b) Bartislartfast
(c) Slartibartfast
(d) Fartislartbast

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is being built in Magrathea's factory?

2. What part of planet building does the old man enjoy the most?

3. What was the only thing dolphins did?

4. How can Arthur experience the answer to the great question?

5. What was the final message from the dolphins?

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