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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Monsters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kelvin keep in his wallet?
(a) a ring he gave to Rheya
(b) a newspaper clipping about Rheya's death
(c) a photo of Rheya in the woods
(d) Rheya's suicide note

2. How does Kelvin plan to test his own sanity?
(a) by comparing his mathematical results to a computer's
(b) by hypnotizing himself
(c) by having a computer perform psychological tests
(d) by having Snow perform a full brain scan

3. Who is in Gibarian's room when Kelvin arrives?
(a) Sartorius
(b) no one
(c) the visitor Kelvin saw in the hall
(d) Snow

4. What experiment does Sartorius want to perform?
(a) broadcast a scientist's brain waves to the ocean
(b) submerge a radiation-emitting machine to kill the ocean
(c) broadcast a message using binary code to the ocean
(d) submerge a machine that transmits brain activity in real-time

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do asymmetriads last?

2. What does Snow do before visiting Kelvin?

3. Where did Fechner's body end up?

4. What does Rheya's blood look like to Kelvin at the molecular level?

5. Who led the first preliminary study of Solaris, one which did not land on the surface?

(see the answer key)

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