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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 day could Arthur never get the hang of?
(a) Wednesday
(b) Monday
(c) Thursday
(d) Friday

2. Who has come to visit the Earth in massive yellow spaceships?
(a) Martians
(b) Betelgeuse traders
(c) The evil people of Krikkit
(d) Vogons

3. What are the initials burned into Zaphod's brain?
(a) A.D.
(b) Z.B.
(c) F.P.
(d) T.M.

4. Where does Marvin have a terrible pain?
(a) In his right knee joint
(b) In his neural network
(c) In the diodes of his left side
(d) In his pain processors

5. What sits in a corner of the control cabin of the Starship Heart of Gold?
(a) A robot
(b) A computer
(c) A bar
(d) Trillian

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the planet Damogran home to?

2. What is the result of the improbability sum?

3. What are the Vogons going to do to Arthur and Ford?

4. What does Arthur awake to the sound of?

5. How many suns does Magrathea have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the characters react to the surface of Magrathea?

2. What is the problem with Marvin the android?

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

4. What effect did Magrathea have on the former Galactic Empire?

5. What went through the mind of the bowl of petunias? Why do you think this is?

6. Why are the events of the next chapter given away in advance? What is withheld?

7. What happens when Zaphod tries to bring the ship in for a landing?

8. What does the Nutri-Matic drink machine do?

9. How was the Infinite Improbability Drive created?

10. Who is Zaphod Beeblebrox?

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