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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 is the official name of the new planet have astronomers recently found?

2. For what does Arthur now mostly use his Hitch Hiker's Guide?

3. How do the executives for U.S./A.M. feel about a British accent on the show?

4. How much further is the ventilation shaft from the ground than what Ford remembers?

5. What does Ford do instinctively when he enters the virtual reality?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the aliens on Arthur's new planet physically differ from humans?

2. How does Arthur recognize the maps of NowWhat?

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

4. What concerns Gail about her interview with Tricia?

5. Describe the herring sandwich experiment.

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

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

8. How does Ford stop himself from falling?

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

10. What does Ford steal from his new editor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss happiness in the novel.

1) What creates happiness in the novel? Are the factors that contribute to happiness internal or external?

2) How do personality and identity contribute to happiness in the novel?

3) What is the relationship between happiness and belonging in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss identity in the novel.

1) How do Tricia and Trillian, as two aspects of the same person, exemplify what creates identity?

2) How does Random, as a person who feels without an identity, exemplify what creates identity?

3) What does limited perspective have to do with identity? How does a sense of belonging and a place in the universe relate to identity?

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