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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 did the biologists at first consider Solaris' ocean?
(a) a disembodied neural system
(b) inorganic
(c) an advanced life form
(d) a prebiological cell

2. How does Kelvin know his way around the space station?
(a) He helped design and build the prototype station.
(b) He trained in a holographic replica on the trip to the station.
(c) He spent three years on a similar station around another planet.
(d) He spent six weeks in a replica of it on Earth.

3. What does Kelvin look for in the library?
(a) books that Gibarian made a note of
(b) books written by Sartorius
(c) Sartorius and Snow's medical history
(d) references to Snow's experiments

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Snow say that the visitors first appeared?

2. How does Kelvin explain the gaps in Rheya's memory to her?

3. What can Kelvin see from the window of his quarters?

4. How did Rheya die?

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

(see the answer key)

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