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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. How long does Tricia think she'll be able to stay standing up, as she talks to her gardener?

2. Who has paid for Tricia's trip?

3. What is the official name of the new planet have astronomers recently found?

4. What does the bellhop say the boghog was trying to do?

5. What is the one ambition of the individuals on the planet NowWhat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the old lady give to Arthur along with her advice?

2. What is Ford surprised to find while he's doing what he came to the virtual reality for?

3. How does Tricia fail her interview?

4. Explain WSOGMM.

5. How does the Grebulon ship computer know about the hole in the ship?

6. Describe the herring sandwich experiment.

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

8. How does Tricia hope to get an audition for the job she wants?

9. What does Ford realize is odd about the thirteenth floor of the Guide building?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mostly Harmless is a humorous novel. Discuss the author's humor and how he uses humor in the novel.

1) What kinds of humor does the author use? How are the characters, situations, and ideas in the novel humorous?

2) How does the ending, and the destruction of Earth, fit in with the humorous nature of the novel?

3) What kinds of liberties does humor allow the author to take? How does humor allow the author to create wildly improbable situations and events?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss identity in the novel.

1) How do Tricia and Trillian, as two aspects of the same person, exemplify what creates identity?

2) How does Random, as a person who feels without an identity, exemplify what creates identity?

3) What does limited perspective have to do with identity? How does a sense of belonging and a place in the universe relate to identity?

Essay Topic 3

Arthur and Ford are literary foils. Compare their characters and roles in the novel.

1) How do Ford and Arthur react differently to change and risk? How do they understand and respond to the universe differently?

2) What do Ford and Arthur value? How are their points of view different, and how does this relate to their identity? How does it affect their actions and choices?

3) Why does the author use two characters who are opposites? How does it affect the story and the reader?

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