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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, The Old Mimoid.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Kelvin's brainwaves recorded onto?
(a) punch cards
(b) film
(c) metal sheets
(d) magnetic tape

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

3. What is Kelvin's mood following the experiment?
(a) elated and manic
(b) apprehensive and disconnected
(c) depressed and withdrawn
(d) angry and agitated

4. What appears on Solaris' ocean fifteen days after the end of the experiment?
(a) a perfect translucent red sphere
(b) a mist and wings of foam
(c) a giant tower
(d) a deep depression to the bottom of the ocean

5. What result does Kelvin note that Sartorius' experiment has?
(a) It has no result.
(b) A new object appears on the ship.
(c) A strange formation is visible in the ocean.
(d) The planet Solaris seems to be shifting subtly in its orbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do mimoids duplicate?

2. What does Kelvin awake to hear in the middle of the night?

3. What does Snow do the first time Kelvin sees him after the experiment?

4. What is the initial reaction Kelvin gets from the first person he meets?

5. What does Kelvin say when Rheya asks if he would marry, if she were gone?

(see the answer key)

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