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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the condition of the skin on Snow's face?
(a) deathly pale
(b) red and raw
(c) wrinkled and dry
(d) sunburned
2. What does Kelvin notice about Rheya's foot?
(a) It is malformed.
(b) It is smooth and uncalloused.
(c) It has no wrinkles or toe prints.
(d) It is rough and hardened.
3. What is Kelvin's prior relationship with Gibarian?
(a) Kelvin has never met Gibarian but read all his work.
(b) Kelvin has never met Gibarian but corresponded with him.
(c) Gibarian is an old friend of Kelvin.
(d) Gibarian and Kelvin were rivals who disliked each other.
4. Where does Snow say the visitor Kelvin saw comes from?
(a) Snow says he doesn't know.
(b) Snow says the visitor comes from Solaris.
(c) Snow says the visitor comes from Sartorius.
(d) Snow says the visitor comes from the stars.
5. What strange formation does Berton first see in Solaris' ocean?
(a) a mountain
(b) a garden
(c) a city
(d) a solar system
6. What was Berton's condition when he returned from the search?
(a) eerily calm and controlled
(b) comatose
(c) hyperactive and manic
(d) hysterical and in shock
7. Who is the envelope Kelvin finds addressed to?
(a) Kelvin
(b) Sartorius
(c) Gibarian
(d) Snow
8. Who led the first preliminary study of Solaris, one which did not land on the surface?
(a) Shannahan
(b) Gibarian
(c) Ottenskjöld
(d) Fechner
9. What does Snow say about Gibarian's mental condition?
(a) Gibarian knew he'd lost his mind.
(b) Gibarian never thought he was mad.
(c) Gibarian was constantly uncertain about his sanity.
(d) Gibarian completely lost touch with reality.
10. How old does Rheya appear?
(a) thirty-nine
(b) twenty-nine
(c) nineteen
(d) forty-nine
11. What does Kelvin hear from inside Sartorius' lab?
(a) the sound of scraping furniture
(b) the sound of breaking glass
(c) the sound of a child running
(d) sounds of sobbing
12. What does Rheya feel compelled to do?
(a) stay nearby Kelvin
(b) keep Solaris's ocean in sight
(c) go to Solaris's ocean
(d) talk to Kelvin constantly
13. What does Rheya remember about the time while Kelvin was in the bathroom?
(a) feeling angry and enraged
(b) hurting her hands and screaming
(c) being alone and feeling frightened
(d) passing out on the floor
14. Who led the first expedition to land on Solaris?
(a) Ottenskjöld
(b) Gibarian
(c) Fechner
(d) Shannahan
15. What is the matter with Rheya's clothes?
(a) The cloth is supernaturally strong.
(b) They seem grown onto her skin.
(c) They don't fit correctly.
(d) They have no zipper or buttons.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Dr. Messenger think that Berton saw?
2. What does Kelvin think of Berton's account?
3. Why does Kelvin think the warning is strange?
4. How does Kelvin explain the gaps in Rheya's memory to her?
5. When was Solaris first discovered?
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