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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 ship rescues Ford and Arthur?

2. What color are the seas exactly the wrong shade of?

3. What is the name of the shipboard computer?

4. What is Trillian's only link with Earth?

5. What day could Arthur never get the hang of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Zaphod pretend to be stupid? What does Trillian think of this?

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

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

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

5. Who is Zaphod Beeblebrox?

6. What is Marvin's problem?

7. What is the problem with Zaphod's brain?

8. Why are towels so important?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay that explains a simple way for people to be happy, or at least happier. The plan need not be entirely realistic.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that explains the role of technology, and especially computers, in society today. Be sure to address:

1 - How computers are changing society;

2 - Problems caused by excessive computerization;

3 - Problems solved by computers.

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