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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 was used to draw the side of the President of NowWhat's head on the picture of him hanging in the airport?

2. What caused the aliens to come get Tricia?

3. What does Ford do to open the reluctant door?

4. What was the old decor of the Hitch Hiker's Guide offices like?

5. What drains Tricia even more than simply standing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What concerns Gail about her interview with Tricia?

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

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

4. Explain WSOGMM.

5. How does Ford return the card he stole from his editor?

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

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

8. At the relocation office, when Arthur imagines himself back on Earth, what does he imagine doing?

9. How does the security robot act after Ford alters it?

10. What prevents Tricia from going though with her plans for the evening on the day she returns from New York?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Mostly Harmless, multiple dimensions or possible universes are converging and crossing over into each other. The characters deal with the full range of possibilities. Discuss multiple dimensions in the novel.

1) What is the WSOGMM? Why is this idea important to the novel?

2) Why is it difficult or impossible for any one person to comprehend the totality of dimensions or universes? Why is it dangerous for the Guide to comprehend everything?

3) How do multiple potential possibilities affect the characters in the novel? How does the existence of multiple potential possibilities allow the new Guide to manipulate reality?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the new Guide, its abilities, and its implications in the novel.

1) Why is Ford so concerned about the new Guide and its capabilities?

2) What is the new Guide? How does it operate, and why is it dangerous technology? Why does the Hitchhiker's Guide office want to develop this technology?

3) How is the Guide different from the normal characters that populate the universe? How is it different from objects, machines, and robots? Is it a being, a machine, or something else?

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