1. Pretend you are in another galaxy and observing the criminal justice system of the USA. What would be the strengths and weakness of the present system?
2. Ho would you punish those who hitchhiked through the galaxy? Present the “how” and “why” of the punishment.
3. Douglass Adams, the author of the book, enjoyed making up words. Create five words that are not in the English language to depict people, situations and theories.
4. Write and argumentative / persuasive essay defending the exploration of other planets and galaxies. (two paragraphs)
5. How are science fictions writers prophetic of the future? Can the readers take them seriously? Look for examples of what was once science fiction and now is reality. Define and defend this amazing genre.
6. The answer to the ultimate question of life is 42, what is the question?
7. Are we mostly harmless?
8. Compare and contrast Arthur and Zaphod.
9. Can the book be seen as a litany about humans? How so?
10. Does the guide deliver on its promise of “everything you need to know about anything” And how to “see the marvels of the universe on less than thirty Altairian dollars a day.”
11. Is it even remotely possible to discover the meaning of the universe? Yet people continue to do so everyday of their lives.
12. Write a poem that you think might have been written by Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Greenbridge, Essex, England, whose work is identified in the novel as the worst in the universe. Explain the elements of your poem that you think made it so terrifyingly awful.
13. Suppose that the novel is right in saying that humans are not in control of Earth, but wrong in believing that either mice or dolphins are the most intelligent animals on the planet. Which animals do you think might actually be an intelligent species from another world, controlling human behaviors wordlessly? Why do you think so?
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