Mostly Harmless Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Mostly Harmless Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 told Tricia that the man she met at the party was definitely from another planet?

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

3. What level does one have to be to comprehend most of what the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has to say about parallel universes?

4. What occupies the seventeenth floor of the Guide offices?

5. What human element do the aliens of Arthur's new planet not have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the herring sandwich experiment.

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

3. What major event happened to most other versions of the Earth in other dimensions?

4. How does Tricia fail her interview?

5. What concerns Gail about her interview with Tricia?

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

7. What does the Hitch Hiker's Guide do to areas where it sets up its offices?

8. Explain WSOGMM.

9. What animal do the armed men in the editor's office remind Ford of?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Random's character.

1) How is Random incomplete as a person? Why does she lack a sense of belonging and identity? How does this affect her personality?

2) What is the meaning of Random's name? What role does randomness and chance play in her existence?

3) Why does Random react the way she does to her mother, her father, the Guide, Tricia, and Earth? Why does she need to open the package from Ford? Why does she need to take apart Arthur's watch?

Essay Topic 2

The novel is science fiction and extensively uses science ideas and concepts. Discuss the role of science in the novel.

1) What scientific concepts does the author use in the novel? What types of scientific ideas does he emphasize?

2) What is the author's view of science? How is science positive and negative? How do the characters view science and technology?

3) How does the novel fit into the science fiction genre?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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