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

2. How long do asymmetriads last?
(a) a brief second
(b) a few days
(c) a few hours
(d) a few minutes

3. What do mimoids duplicate?
(a) living creatures
(b) distant objects in space
(c) other Solarian forms
(d) nearby innanimate objects

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rheya and Kelvin need when the sun rises?

2. What does Kelvin propose that the visitors are made of?

3. Why does Kelvin make his argument?

4. How old does Rheya appear?

5. Before the discovery of Solaris, why did scientists think a planet like Solaris could never contain life?

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