Mostly Harmless Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Mostly Harmless Test | Final 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 does Arthur see Ford doing after the shooting at the club?

2. What do Ford and Arthur do when they arrive on Earth?

3. How far away is Arthur, while the Guide projects holographic images for Random?

4. What is Tricia's camera pointing at when the spacecraft she is on lands on Rupert?

5. What does Old Thrashberg say life will be like without Arthur?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Earth finally destroyed?

2. Describe the monument that marks the location where the species Vogon Vogonblurtus first appeared.

3. What does the man who accosts Ford and Arthur when they enter the London club say?

4. What does the new Guide demonstrate with a laser and the rain?

5. How does Arthur use Ford's towel to attract a Perfectly Normal Beast?

6. What sort of review does Ford give the Bar & Grill?

7. What worries Ford about what's happened during his visit to the Guide?

8. Describe how the Sandwich Maker makes a sandwich.

9. What does Random find at the crash site?

10. How was Ford saved the second time he jumped out the window of the Guide building?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss language in the novel and the author's use of language.

1) How does the author play with language? How does the author create humor by manipulating language?

2) How does the author use irony in the novel? What other types of figurative language does the author use?

3) How does the author use naming and terminology in the book? What is the significance of the names of planets, objects, scientific ideas, and characters?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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