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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. Who led the first expedition to land on Solaris?
(a) Gibarian
(b) Fechner
(c) Shannahan
(d) Ottenskjöld

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

3. Where did Fechner's body end up?
(a) on the space station
(b) strapped into Fechner's chair
(c) floating in the atmophere
(d) in the ocean of Solaris

4. What is the matter with Rheya's clothes?
(a) They seem grown onto her skin.
(b) They have no zipper or buttons.
(c) The cloth is supernaturally strong.
(d) They don't fit correctly.

5. In Gibarian's room, what does Kelvin discover the scientists have been directing at the ocean?
(a) tachyon particles
(b) proton streams
(c) X-rays
(d) gamma rays

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kelvin introduce Rheya?

2. What does Snow call the visitors?

3. What is Rheya wearing when Kelvin sees her?

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

5. What does Rheya's blood look like to Kelvin at a subatomic level?

(see the answer key)

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