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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After saying "Hi there!," the ship's computer prints out a ribbon of ticker tape. What does the tape say?
(a) "I want you to know that whatever your problem, I am here to help you solve it."
(b) The probability figure that Zaphod was about to ask it for.
(c) "What can I do to help you?"
(d) A telephone number.

2. What is Marvin's nickname?
(a) Marvy
(b) The Paranoid Android
(c) The Complain-o-matic
(d) Depresso

3. What does the computer do as the missiles approach?
(a) Shut down
(b) Raise shields
(c) Sing
(d) Take evasive action

4. Why is Arthur so excited to be on Magrathea?
(a) He has a great design for a planet that he wants to show the Magratheans.
(b) He has never been to an alien planet before.
(c) He has always believed the legend.
(d) The drink he got from the machine has made his brain a little strange.

5. What is a good source of Brownian motion?
(a) Zydrine crystals
(b) A nice hot cup of tea
(c) Plutonium atoms
(d) A sub-meson brain

6. Who is Ford Prefect?
(a) A roving researcher for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(b) All of the above
(c) A drunk
(d) Arthur Dent's friend

7. What does the babel fish allow Aurthur to do?
(a) Understand alien languages
(b) See in the dark
(c) Have babel fish for lunch
(d) Sleep

8. Where were Ford and Arthur picked up?
(a) Sector LL8 Quadruple X Beta
(b) Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
(c) Sector XYZ Triple 3 Gamma
(d) Sector K4B Double J Zeta

9. What does Ford buy on his way out of the pub?
(a) More beer
(b) Pretzels
(c) Peanuts
(d) Cigarettes

10. Why can Marvin not keep his mind off things?
(a) His programming does not allow it.
(b) There is nothing to distract him.
(c) He was badly made and has a lot of bugs in his system.
(d) He has an extremely large mind.

11. What is Arthur concerned about?
(a) If Trillian is interested in him
(b) What they are going to have for breakfast
(c) If he can ever have tea again
(d) Whether or not Magrathea is safe

12. What is the result of the improbability sum?
(a) Ten trillion billion to one
(b) Infinity squared
(c) Two to the power of two hundred and seventy-six thousand, seven hundred and nine to one against
(d) Infinity minus one

13. Where does Arthur Dent work?
(a) From home
(b) In magazine advertising
(c) At a television station
(d) In local radio

14. What is the equivalent of saying "blood... blood" to a computer?
(a) Threatening to turn off the power
(b) Bad math
(c) Talking about using a slide rule
(d) Counting

15. How long can you survive in space with a lungful of air?
(a) As long as you can hold your breath
(b) Thirty seconds
(c) Five seconds
(d) A minute

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marvin have a terrible pain?

2. What does Ford start turning into?

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

4. Why do parents tell their children about the legend of Magrathea?

5. What happens to Ford and Arthur?

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