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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 noise does the computer on the Grebulon ship get in response to a click?

2. After the weapon is discharged, what does Ford decide to do?

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

4. What does Tricia dream about?

5. What was the old decor of the Hitch Hiker's Guide offices like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the security robot act after Ford alters it?

2. What does Tricia think is happening when the spaceship lands in her yard?

3. According to Eric the gardener, what happened to Mrs. Williams' cat?

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

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

6. How does Tricia hope to get an audition for the job she wants?

7. Explain WSOGMM.

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

9. Describe the herring sandwich experiment.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the new Guide, its abilities, and its implications in the novel.

1) Why is Ford so concerned about the new Guide and its capabilities?

2) What is the new Guide? How does it operate, and why is it dangerous technology? Why does the Hitchhiker's Guide office want to develop this technology?

3) How is the Guide different from the normal characters that populate the universe? How is it different from objects, machines, and robots? Is it a being, a machine, or something else?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss communication in the novel.

1) What types of failures of communication appear in the novel? How do Ford and Arthur fail to communicate with each other?

2) How do Arthur and Random fail to communicate with each other? Why does Random have such difficulty communicating?

3) What is the relationship between differing perspectives and failed communication in the novel?

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