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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the characters find sitting next to the Heart of Gold upon their return to the surface?
(a) Marvin the robot
(b) A Vogon book of poetry
(c) The Blagulon Kappa policecraft
(d) A gold statue

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What do the mice want?
(a) To hire Arthur as a consultant
(b) To ask Arthur what the ultimate question is
(c) All of the characters dead
(d) Arthur's brain

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject is Arthur reading about?

2. What does the old man unsuccessfully try to do to Arthur?

3. Who starts shooting at the characters?

4. What will the new computer be called?

5. What does the aircar travel through to get to the surface of Magrathea?

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