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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Sartorius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kelvin looking at when he suddenly, intensely feels he's being watched?
(a) a model of a form created by Solaris's ocean
(b) a photograph of the binary suns
(c) a map of Solaris
(d) a plan of the research station

2. What can Kelvin see from the window of his quarters?
(a) the ocean of Solaris
(b) the lower floor of the research station
(c) the stars in space
(d) nothing

3. What is the initial reaction Kelvin gets from the first person he meets?
(a) terror
(b) grateful joy
(c) anger
(d) apathy

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kelvin's prior relationship with Gibarian?

2. Who is the envelope Kelvin finds addressed to?

3. Has Kelvin met Sartorius, prior to arriving at the research station?

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

5. How does Kelvin plan to test his own sanity?

(see the answer key)

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