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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. Where are the characters located?

2. What is the significance of the location where the Heart of Gold picked up Ford and Arthur?

3. Where does the ship go when the Improbability Drive is activated?

4. What fantastic new industry was created?

5. What is the job of the Intergalactic President?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the significance of the babel fish?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Explain the three stages of civilization and apply them to a timeline of Earth's history. Use specific examples of human achievement to explain each stage.

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