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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 rank of intelligence did humans have on Earth?

2. Who was poor in the former Galactic Empire?

3. What does Eddie say the characters' adventure will end in?

4. What play does an infinite number of monkeys write?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ford fail to understand about humans?

3. How does Arthur try to save Ford and himself from the Vogon? What happens?

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

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

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

7. Where do Ford and Arthur find themselves immediately after being rescued? What is happening, and why?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a fake research paper from the perspective of a mouse that discusses the results of an experiment on human scientists.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that lists and explains all of the references within the novel to feelings of unease with the universe and the characters within it.

Essay Topic 3

Write a fictional essay from the perspective of a galactic historian that analyzes the legend of Magrathea. The essay can be skeptical, or argue for the existence of the mysterious planet.

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