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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Arthur having trouble with?
(a) His thinking
(b) His eyesight
(c) His weight
(d) His lifestyle
2. What does the old man unsuccessfully try to do to Arthur?
(a) Threaten him
(b) Sedate him
(c) Escape from him
(d) Kill him
3. What would Slartibartfast rather be than right?
(a) Respected
(b) Young
(c) Wealthy
(d) Happy
4. How long will it take Deep Thought to figure out the answer to life, the universe, and everything?
(a) Seventeen days and four hours
(b) Seven and a half million years
(c) Eight and a quarter billion years
(d) Six thousand, three hundred years
5. How does Marvin get on with other robots?
(a) He never sees any other robots.
(b) He hates them.
(c) He ignores them.
(d) Very well sometimes
6. Where is the Heart of Gold traveling from?
(a) Hawalius
(b) Jaglan Beta
(c) The Horsehead Nebula
(d) Eadra
7. What speed does the aircar travel at?
(a) R17
(b) 10 lightyears/hr
(c) Warp 5
(d) 1000m/hr
8. What did the most intelligent species on Earth do with their time?
(a) Conduct elegant and subtle experiments on humans
(b) Write elegant and subtle poetry
(c) Watch movies and have a good time
(d) Fight against the dolphins for control of the Earth
9. Who goes to investigate the gunfire when it stops?
(a) Ford
(b) Arthur
(c) Trillian
(d) Zaphod
10. What does the recording that Arthur sees have?
(a) High Definition
(b) Subtitles
(c) Picture-in-picture
(d) Stereo sound
11. What is Arthur reading?
(a) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(b) The Encyclopedia Galactica
(c) The manual to the Heart of Gold
(d) Vogon Poetry
12. What color is the old man's robe?
(a) Deep purple
(b) Black
(c) Blue
(d) Grey
13. How many cops are there?
(a) Six
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
14. What will the New Earth not be?
(a) The same
(b) Finished
(c) Paid for by mice
(d) Destroyed by Vogons
15. What were the two most improbable events in the history of the universe?
(a) Arthur arriving on Magrathea, and Arsenal winning the cup.
(b) Zaphod getting elected Galactic President, and Zaphod stealing the Heart of Gold.
(c) Probably just coincidences
(d) The invention of cricket and the gin and tonic.
Short Answer Questions
1. How can Arthur experience the answer to the great question?
2. Where do Arthur and the others escape to?
3. What happens to Arthur when he grabs the two ends of wire?
4. What are the names of the men who get to hear the answer?
5. Who starts shooting at the characters?
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