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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Can Deep Thought figure out the great question?
(a) Perhaps, perhaps not
(b) No
(c) Yes, but it will take some time
(d) Yes

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

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

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

5. What did the most intelligent species on Earth do with their time?
(a) Write elegant and subtle poetry
(b) Watch movies and have a good time
(c) Fight against the dolphins for control of the Earth
(d) Conduct elegant and subtle experiments on humans

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

7. What is Deep Thought's answer to life, the universe, and everything?
(a) Go forth and multiply
(b) Be happy
(c) Forty-two
(d) Apple

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

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

10. 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

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

12. 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.

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

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

15. What is not one of Arthur's problems?
(a) Energy
(b) Money
(c) Time
(d) Romance

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the series of valleys?

2. What is the significance of Arthur's feelings of paranoia?

3. What was the final message from the dolphins?

4. What do the mice want?

5. What color is the old man's robe?

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