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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose expedition was Berton on?
(a) Shannahan's
(b) Ottenskjöld's
(c) Gibarian's
(d) Fechner's

2. What does Snow call the visitors?
(a) Eta-creatures
(b) Psy-creatures
(c) Phi-creatures
(d) Gamma-creatures

3. What does Snow say about Gibarian's mental condition?
(a) Gibarian completely lost touch with reality.
(b) Gibarian was constantly uncertain about his sanity.
(c) Gibarian knew he'd lost his mind.
(d) Gibarian never thought he was mad.

4. What is the condition of the research station when Kelvin arrives?
(a) The station is crawling with bugs.
(b) The station is disorderly and dirty.
(c) The station is without power and breaking down.
(d) The station is completely empty and unsupplied.

5. What book can't Kelvin find in Gibarian's room?
(a) The Lost Solarian Truth
(b) The Little Apocrypha
(c) The Imposturia
(d) The Big Lie of Solaris

6. What does Rheya feel compelled to do?
(a) talk to Kelvin constantly
(b) stay nearby Kelvin
(c) keep Solaris's ocean in sight
(d) go to Solaris's ocean

7. What does Kelvin hear from inside Sartorius' lab?
(a) the sound of breaking glass
(b) sounds of sobbing
(c) the sound of a child running
(d) the sound of scraping furniture

8. How long did it take for spacecraft to visit Solaris after its discovery?
(a) 100 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 45 years
(d) 30 days

9. What does Snow do when Kelvin asks about Gibarian?
(a) screams
(b) laughs
(c) faints
(d) cries

10. In whose handwriting is the envelope Kelvin finds addressed?
(a) Rheya's
(b) Gibarian's
(c) Snow's
(d) Sartorius's

11. When did Kelvin last see Rheya?
(a) 10 years ago
(b) 3 years ago
(c) 6 months ago
(d) 1 year ago

12. What is the matter with Rheya's clothes?
(a) They don't fit correctly.
(b) They seem grown onto her skin.
(c) They have no zipper or buttons.
(d) The cloth is supernaturally strong.

13. What does Kelvin notice about Rheya's foot?
(a) It is rough and hardened.
(b) It has no wrinkles or toe prints.
(c) It is malformed.
(d) It is smooth and uncalloused.

14. Who does Kelvin see by Gibarian's body?
(a) a large black woman
(b) Snow
(c) a small barefoot child
(d) Sartorius

15. Has Kelvin met Sartorius, prior to arriving at the research station?
(a) No, he's never seen Sartorius.
(b) Yes, he knew Sartorius well, once.
(c) Yes, he's met Sartorius once, briefly.
(d) No, but he's seen pictures of Sartorius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the physicists at first consider Solaris' ocean?

2. How long does Kelvin tell Rheya they will stay on the station?

3. What does Kelvin keep in his wallet?

4. Who is inside Kelvin's cabin when he first enters it?

5. When Kelvin wakes, what is Rheya doing?

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