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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. Why does Sartorius agree to come out?
(a) Kelvin threatens to break down the door.
(b) Kelvin threatens to turn off the air.
(c) Kelvin tells Sartorius about the visitor he's seen.
(d) Kelvin says that a shuttle has come to take them away.

2. Why does Kelvin make his argument?
(a) Kelvin secretly does not want Rheya destroyed.
(b) Kelvin does not want to endanger himself, Snow, or Sartorius.
(c) Kelvin secretly believes all the visitors have rights.
(d) Kelvin secretly has a plan to destroy only Rheya.

3. What can symmetriads contain?
(a) physical representations of logical reasoning
(b) geometric illustrations of new types of pure math
(c) impossible physical forms that break laws of nature
(d) geometric illustrations of principles of physics

4. What happens when Kelvin goes into the restroom?
(a) Rheya breaks through the wall.
(b) Rheya attacks the door.
(c) Rheya disappears.
(d) Rheya begins sobbing.

5. What startles Kelvin as he's getting out of his spacesuit?
(a) someone he thinks is Rheya passing in the hall
(b) his reflection in the mirror
(c) Sartorius calling out
(d) a cat hiding under the bed

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in Gibarian's room when Kelvin arrives?

2. What makes Solaris's orbit stable?

3. What is Rheya wearing when Kelvin sees her?

4. What does Kelvin see on Rheya's arm?

5. What is Kelvin looking at when he suddenly, intensely feels he's being watched?

(see the answer key)

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