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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Solarists.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Kelvin see from the window of his quarters?
(a) the ocean of Solaris
(b) the lower floor of the research station
(c) the stars in space
(d) nothing

2. Whose voice speaks to Kelvin in the capsule to prepare him for landing?
(a) Snow
(b) automated machinery
(c) Sartorius
(d) Gibarian

3. Which sun sets after Kelvin has showed and changed?
(a) the red sun of Solaris
(b) the yellow sun of Solaris
(c) the blue sun of Solaris
(d) the green sun of Solaris

4. How does Kelvin recognize Snow?
(a) from his photograph
(b) from news reports
(c) by his voice
(d) from meeting him on Earth

5. In Gibarian's room, what does Kelvin discover the scientists have been directing at the ocean?
(a) gamma rays
(b) X-rays
(c) proton streams
(d) tachyon particles

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kelvin looking at when he suddenly, intensely feels he's being watched?

2. What is the condition of the research station when Kelvin arrives?

3. What does Kelvin find in his pocket?

4. When was Solaris first discovered?

5. Before the discovery of Solaris, why did scientists think a planet like Solaris could never contain life?

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