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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the home of this new industry?
(a) Earth
(b) Magrathea
(c) Sector ZZ9, plural Z Alpha
(d) Alpha Centauri

2. What are the Vogons going to do to Arthur and Ford?
(a) Vaporize them
(b) Put them in prison
(c) Throw them into space
(d) Return them to the Earth

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

4. What word describes the new personality of the computer?
(a) Ambivalent
(b) Sarcastic
(c) Condescending
(d) Matriarchal

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has come to visit the Earth in massive yellow spaceships?

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

3. Where does the ship go when the Improbability Drive is activated?

4. What is the name of the shipboard computer?

5. What does Arthur wish he listened to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ford Prefect manage to get Arthur to stop lying in front of the bulldozers?

2. Why does Zaphod pretend to be stupid? What does Trillian think of this?

3. How grateful is everyone to Arthur for saving their lives?

4. What is the problem with Zaphod's brain?

5. Why does Trillian have trouble sleeping?

6. What went through the mind of the bowl of petunias? Why do you think this is?

7. What is the significance of the chances of being picked up in space?

8. What problems does Zaphod have with the computer?

9. Why does the computer say that most people's lives are governed by telephone numbers?

10. What happens when Zaphod tries to bring the ship in for a landing?

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