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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. Why is it difficult to tell Random's age?

2. What do Ford and Arthur do when they arrive on Earth?

3. What kind of shoes does Ford buy himself?

4. Where does Ford find he understands intense multi-dimensional logic best?

5. What does the new Guide test first, with Random?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the new Guide arrange a spaceship to come?

2. Why doesn't Arthur's watch tell the right time?

3. Describe the monument that marks the location where the species Vogon Vogonblurtus first appeared.

4. What do Ford and Arthur talk about as they ride the Perfectly Normal Beast away?

5. What worries Ford about what's happened during his visit to the Guide?

6. Describe how the Sandwich Maker makes a sandwich.

7. How does Arthur use Ford's towel to attract a Perfectly Normal Beast?

8. How was Ford saved the second time he jumped out the window of the Guide building?

9. Why is Ford worried about the new Guide?

10. What comes out of the trees toward Random, as she goes through the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss communication in the novel.

1) What types of failures of communication appear in the novel? How do Ford and Arthur fail to communicate with each other?

2) How do Arthur and Random fail to communicate with each other? Why does Random have such difficulty communicating?

3) What is the relationship between differing perspectives and failed communication in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss happiness in the novel.

1) What creates happiness in the novel? Are the factors that contribute to happiness internal or external?

2) How do personality and identity contribute to happiness in the novel?

3) What is the relationship between happiness and belonging in the novel?

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