Mostly Harmless Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Mostly Harmless Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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. What do the aliens tell Tricia when she asks their names?

2. What worries Ford when he tells the elevator that he wants to go to the 23rd floor?

3. What does Ford decide to do, after discovering the editor's office full of armed men?

4. What does Ford use to open the window?

5. What does Ford find that has replaced the piece of furniture for which he aimed?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the relocation office, when Arthur imagines himself back on Earth, what does he imagine doing?

2. How does the Grebulon ship computer know about the hole in the ship?

3. What prevents Tricia from going though with her plans for the evening on the day she returns from New York?

4. Why is Arthur the sole survivor of the space ship crash?

5. How does Ford return the card he stole from his editor?

6. What does the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Mk II look like?

7. How does Ford stop himself from falling?

8. Why are officials unconcerned about Fenchurch's disappearance?

9. Describe the herring sandwich experiment.

10. What does the first prayer that the prophet on the pole gives Arthur ask to protect him from?

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 the ability to discover and perceive truth in the novel.

1) How do the limitations of knowledge and perception affect the ability to discover truth in the novel? How does it affect Tricia's ability to share her knowledge of the existence of aliens?

2) How is Ford's desire to find out the truth behind the new Guide inhibited by the limits of knowledge and perception?

3) Why are characters in the novel unwilling to try to discover truth? Why do scientists find truth muddled and confusing? Why do characters like the Lamuellans not want to delve into mysteries like the Perfectly Normal Beasts?

Essay Topic 3

All of the characters have unique and sometimes conflicting perspectives in the novel. Discuss relative perspectives and points of view in the novel.

1) What are the limitations of individual perspectives of characters like Arthur, Ford, Tricia, and Random? How do their perspectives affect their choices?

2) Why does the author emphasize limited, individual perspectives in the novel?

3) How is a limited perspective necessary for understanding and comprehending the world?

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