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

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

3. What has opened a passage into the interior of the planet?

4. What word describes the new personality of the computer?

5. How does Vogon poetry rank in the universe?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Trillian say about her degree in math and astrophysics? What does she mean?

3. What problems does Zaphod have with the computer?

4. What were the circumstances of how Arthur and Zaphod originally met?

5. What is the problem with Marvin the android?

6. How was the Infinite Improbability Drive created?

7. Why are towels so important?

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

9. How do the characters react to seeing the planet Magrathea? What do they think of its legend?

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

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that discusses the meaning of life, the universe, and everything.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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