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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is written on the cover of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

2. Where does Marvin have a terrible pain?

3. Who is Mr. Prosser a descendant of?

4. Where could Ford have more fun than Magrathea?

5. What does the whale think might be a good friend, but is in fact not?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the computer say that most people's lives are governed by telephone numbers?

2. How grateful is everyone to Arthur for saving their lives?

3. What is the problem with Marvin the android?

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

5. What is the significance of the babel fish?

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

7. Why are towels so important?

8. What is Marvin's problem?

9. Why does Ford have trouble sleeping?

10. What was life like in the former Galactic Empire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on what you think is the third-most intelligent species on Earth, and why.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about something in the novel that is based on something in the real world, and the connection between the fictional and real versions. Examples include the bureaucratic Vogons, the figurehead Galactic presidency, and so on.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that compares the novel to another work of science-fiction comedy.

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