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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has opened a passage into the interior of the planet?
(a) An asteroid
(b) One of the nuclear missiles
(c) The whale
(d) The Improbability Drive

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

3. What does the whale think might be a good friend, but is in fact not?
(a) The ground
(b) The bowl of petunias
(c) His tail
(d) The wind

4. What does Ford hum to the guard in an attempt to stir some feelings within him?
(a) A tuneless melody that popped into Ford's head
(b) An old Betelgeusian battle hymn
(c) The first bar of Beethoven's Fifth
(d) The beginning of Auld Lang Syne

5. What sits in a corner of the control cabin of the Starship Heart of Gold?
(a) A bar
(b) A computer
(c) A robot
(d) Trillian

6. How does Arthur save the ship?
(a) He kicks the computer, engaging its guidance systems.
(b) He never really figures out exactly how he did it.
(c) He maneuvers the ship so that the missiles collide with an asteroid.
(d) He turns on the Improbability Drive.

7. Why does Ford order so much beer at lunchtime?
(a) It is a memory disabler.
(b) It is a psychological stabilizer.
(c) It is a muscle relaxant.
(d) The world is about to end, and Ford wants to remember the taste.

8. What words best describe the reunion of Ford and Zaphod?
(a) Zarkingly great energy
(b) Appalling nonchalance
(c) Orgiastic boredom
(d) Excited enthusiasm

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

10. What does Eddie say the characters' adventure will end in?
(a) Celebration
(b) Blood
(c) Sadness
(d) Tears

11. What is the planet Damogran home to?
(a) The Heart of Gold
(b) A Vogon Constructor Fleet
(c) A secret type of ion drive
(d) Zaphod Beeblebrox

12. What does Ford use to conceal the alien technology in his satchel?
(a) Magazines
(b) A towel
(c) Manuscripts for the bad novels that Ford writes
(d) Scripts for plays

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

14. The typical Vogon is...
(a) Pleasant
(b) Vile
(c) Evolved
(d) Drunk

15. Who is Mr. Prosser a descendant of?
(a) Genghis Khan
(b) Ivan the Terrible
(c) King Henry VIII
(d) Alexander the Great

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Arthur Dent's house being demolished?

2. How many suns does Magrathea have?

3. What does Arthur awake to the sound of?

4. What does the Guide say about the Earth?

5. What does Zaphod Beeblebrox do to the Heart of Gold?

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