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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kelvin argue to Snow?
(a) Submerging anything in the ocean will be interpretted as aggression.
(b) Communication with the ocean will cause more hostile behavior.
(c) All their ideas will be ineffective.
(d) A neutrino disruptor could create an explosion.

2. How does Kelvin introduce Rheya?
(a) as his girlfriend
(b) as a coworker
(c) as his wife
(d) as a friend

3. What does Snow say is the result of Sartorius' experiment?
(a) an unstable field
(b) prolonged dying
(c) a dangerous void
(d) death for the wrong one

4. What does Kelvin awake to hear in the middle of the night?
(a) a constant drip he cannot find
(b) inhuman screaming
(c) sobbing from the walls
(d) a deep cracking sound

5. What odd action does Kelvin notice Snow is performing?
(a) holding his hand deep inside his jacket
(b) holding his hand inside a slightly ajar door
(c) standing only on one foot
(d) leaning carefully against a slightly ajar door

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the common perception of Solaris during the first period of Solarist study that Gravinsky identifies?

2. Where is Rheya when Kelvin wakes up with a fuzzy head after being drugged?

3. Where does the station travel to repeat the experiment?

4. What does Kelvin try to convince Rheya of, after she tries to kill herself?

5. How long will it take to receive a reply from Earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Kelvin want to open a communications channel to the shuttle he launched?

2. Describe a mimoid.

3. Why does Kelvin go to the library?

4. Does Snow believe Kelvin when Kelvin says he loves Rheya?

5. What does Rheya say in her suicide note?

6. How does Rheya describe being away from Kelvin?

7. What formation does Kelvin see as the ship travels to the polar region of Solaris?

8. Why does Rheya choose the method she uses to try to kill herself?

9. How does Rheya sign her suicide note?

10. What reason does Kelvin give for wanting to go off the station?

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