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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ford start turning into?
(a) A madman with five heads
(b) Arthur
(c) A penguin
(d) An elderberry bush

2. What ship rescues Ford and Arthur?
(a) A passing Teaser
(b) An interstellar freighter
(c) The Starship Heart of Gold
(d) The Space Trucker

3. What does Ford hum to the guard in an attempt to stir some feelings within him?
(a) A tuneless melody that popped into Ford's head
(b) The beginning of Auld Lang Syne
(c) An old Betelgeusian battle hymn
(d) The first bar of Beethoven's Fifth

4. Why did Trillian pick up hitchhikers?
(a) She didn not; the ship picked them up all by itself.
(b) Zaphod told her to.
(c) She thought they would be useful as hostages.
(d) She was worried that they would die.

5. What words best describe the reunion of Ford and Zaphod?
(a) Orgiastic boredom
(b) Excited enthusiasm
(c) Appalling nonchalance
(d) Zarkingly great energy

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zaphod have a problem with?

2. How does Vogon poetry rank in the universe?

3. What fantastic new industry was created?

4. What is the name of Zaphod's private brain care specialist?

5. Why can Marvin not keep his mind off things?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ford fail to understand about humans?

2. How was the Infinite Improbability Drive created?

3. How does Ford Prefect manage to get Arthur to stop lying in front of the bulldozers?

4. What is Arthur angry about? What does he do?

5. Why does Ford have trouble sleeping?

6. Why does Zaphod pretend to be stupid? What does Trillian think of this?

7. What is the significance of the chances of being picked up in space?

8. What is the interior of the Starship Heart of Gold like?

9. What problems does Zaphod have with the computer?

10. What is the problem with Zaphod's brain?

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