Solaris Summary

1)

What does Kelvin see on Rheya's arm? (from Chapter 5, Rheya)

an engraved bracelet

a birthmark

a scar from a razor cut

a mark from a hypodermic needle

2)

What does Snow offer to give Kelvin? (from Chapter 14, The Old Mimoid)

some work constructing a computer

some calculations to do

some work cleaning the station

a puzzle to solve

3)

What damages Kelvin's face? (from Chapter 6, The Little Apocrypha)

heat from the shuttle liftoff

a razor

acid from the laboratory

radiation from the ocean

4)

What does Kelvin give Rheya? (from Chapter 5, Rheya)

poison

brandy

tea

sleeping pills

5)

What does Kelvin think of Berton's account? (from Chapter 6, The Little Apocrypha)

He thinks Berton's brain is affected by Solaris.

He thinks Berton is a liar.

He thinks Berton is a trustworthy witness.

He thinks Berton is mistaken.

6)

Does Kelvin want Snow's plan to stop the visitors to succeed? (from Chapter 8, The Monsters)

No, he wants to save all the visitors.

No, he wants to save Rheya.

Yes, he wants to destroy all the visitors.

Yes, but he only wants to use it for Snow and Sartorius's visitors.

7)

How long will it take to receive a reply from Earth? (from Chapter 14, The Old Mimoid)

days

years

hours

months

8)

What does Kelvin suddenly decide to do? (from Chapter 14, The Old Mimoid)

bombard the formation with radiation

seal himself away from the station's windows

take a helicopter to visit the formation

take a shuttle into orbit

9)

What does Snow call the visitors? (from Chapter 7, The Conference)

Psy-creatures

Gamma-creatures

Eta-creatures

Phi-creatures

10)

Who was the first scientist to have a visitor? (from Chapter 6, The Little Apocrypha)

Shannahan

Sartorius

Gibarian

Snow

11)

Who is the second person Kelvin thinks of during the brainwave recording? (from Chapter 11, The Thinkers)

Berton

Gibarian

Shannahan

Giese

12)

What experiment does Sartorius want to perform? (from Chapter 8, The Monsters)

broadcast a scientist's brain waves to the ocean

submerge a radiation-emitting machine to kill the ocean

broadcast a message using binary code to the ocean

submerge a machine that transmits brain activity in real-time

13)

What does most of the panel interviewing Berton think of his story? (from Chapter 6, The Little Apocrypha)

They think he is making up the story.

They think he is hallucinating.

They think he was hypnotized by the ocean.

They think it actually happened.

14)

What does Snow say is the result of Sartorius' experiment? (from Chapter 12, The Dreams)

prolonged dying

an unstable field

death for the wrong one

a dangerous void

15)

What is the matter with Rheya's clothes? (from Chapter 5, Rheya)

The cloth is supernaturally strong.

They seem grown onto her skin.

They don't fit correctly.

They have no zipper or buttons.

16)

What does Snow suggest is the reason Rheya is beautiful? (from Chapter 10, Conversation)

to make Kelvin want her to stay with him

to make Kelvin forget the real Rheya

to make Kelvin angered and horrified

to make Kelvin miss the real Rheya

17)

What does Snow say that Sartorius is planning to cure? (from Chapter 12, The Dreams)

immortality

mankind

thought

desire

18)

What does Kelvin tell Rheya when she asks if she is immortal? (from Chapter 9, The Liquid Oxygen)

He says that she is part of Solaris.

He says that she is not immortal.

He says he doesn't know.

He says that she is immortal.

19)

What does Kelvin do when Snow gives him a drink? (from Chapter 13, Victory)

Kelvin spits out the drink.

Kelvin throws the drink in Snow's face.

Kelvin drinks the drink.

Kelvin pours the drink out on the floor.

20)

What do Snow and Kelvin see in the ocean? (from Chapter 14, The Old Mimoid)

a symmetriad

a mimoid

an asymmetriad

an extensor

21)

What does Kelvin propose that the visitors are made of? (from Chapter 7, The Conference)

plasma

photons

tachyon fields

neutrino fields

22)

What experiment does Snow suggest to Kelvin? (from Chapter 10, Conversation)

to check what's happened to the first duplicate Rheya in orbit around Solaris

to send Rheya up into space alone before going up with her

to take one of the other visitors away with him in the shuttle

to send Rheya out onto the surface of Solaris

23)

How does Kelvin introduce Rheya? (from Chapter 8, The Monsters)

as a coworker

as a friend

as his wife

as his girlfriend

24)

What odd action does Kelvin notice Snow is performing? (from Chapter 10, Conversation)

holding his hand deep inside his jacket

standing only on one foot

holding his hand inside a slightly ajar door

leaning carefully against a slightly ajar door

25)

How does Kelvin explain the gaps in Rheya's memory to her? (from Chapter 5, Rheya)

He says she's been sick.

He says she's had a concussion.

He doesn't explain.

He says she's not who she thinks she is.

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