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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 Eric promise Tricia he will take a look at?

2. Who finds Tricia to tell her she has a screen test for the job she wants?

3. What do boghogs do to communicate?

4. How long did it take Arthur to get to NowWhat?

5. What does the old lady do with the food she's been cooking over a fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Mk II look like?

2. How was the alien Tricia met at the party disguised?

3. What does Ford say to the armed men who are in the editor's office?

4. What problem do the aliens have that they want Tricia's help with?

5. What are Arthur's plans after arriving at NowWhat?

6. How does Ford stop himself from falling?

7. Who comes to find out what Ford is doing in the virtual reality?

8. What animal do the armed men in the editor's office remind Ford of?

9. Explain WSOGMM.

10. Why is Arthur the sole survivor of the space ship crash?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of fate and free will in the novel.

1) Do the characters in the novel have free will? Do their circumstances and personalities force them into specific roles and choices?

2) Does the existence of the new Guide eliminate free will?

3) How does the existence of multiple dimensions, representing different potential realities, relate to fate and free will? If all possibilities exist, is there any real choice or free will?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the dangers of technological exploration in the novel.

1) What are the dangers of the innate desire to explore and try new things? How does this affect the universe through the development of time travel and space travel in the novel?

2) How does the new Guide represent the dangers of technological exploration?

3) How does NowWhat relate to the dangers of technological exploration?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss social satire in the novel.

1) How does the Guide and its offices serve as social satire? How does it represent large corporations in the real world? How does the story of the failed air control system for offices compare to this satire, as a social satire of technology?

2) How do the Vogons function as social satire? What types of people and organizations do they satire? How is bureaucracy depicted?

3) What other elements of social satire are present in the novel?

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