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

2. What does Tricia think monitoring Earth must be like?

3. What happens to the Grebulon ship's main computer?

4. How long are the books on the alien world where Arthur settles?

5. What caused the aliens to come get Tricia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ford say to the armed men who are in the editor's office?

2. Who comes to find out what Ford is doing in the virtual reality?

3. How does Arthur recognize the maps of NowWhat?

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

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

6. How was the alien Tricia met at the party disguised?

7. What concerns Gail about her interview with Tricia?

8. What metaphor does Tricia think of, for trying to live life according to a plan?

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

10. What happens to the crew of the Grebulon ship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Arthur and Ford are literary foils. Compare their characters and roles in the novel.

1) How do Ford and Arthur react differently to change and risk? How do they understand and respond to the universe differently?

2) What do Ford and Arthur value? How are their points of view different, and how does this relate to their identity? How does it affect their actions and choices?

3) Why does the author use two characters who are opposites? How does it affect the story and the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the nature of being human as it is presented in the novel.

1) How do alien races in the novel emphasize what it means to be human by being different from human beings?

2) How do alien races in the novel emphasize what it means to be human by exhibiting and exaggerating human characteristics?

3) How do Arthur, Tricia, and Random represent the human race in the novel?

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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