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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's prior relationship with Gibarian?
(a) Kelvin has never met Gibarian but corresponded with him.
(b) Gibarian is an old friend of Kelvin.
(c) Kelvin has never met Gibarian but read all his work.
(d) Gibarian and Kelvin were rivals who disliked each other.

2. Who led the first preliminary study of Solaris, one which did not land on the surface?
(a) Ottenskjöld
(b) Shannahan
(c) Gibarian
(d) Fechner

3. Who is the envelope Kelvin finds addressed to?
(a) Kelvin
(b) Sartorius
(c) Snow
(d) Gibarian

4. What is the condition of the skin on Snow's face?
(a) sunburned
(b) wrinkled and dry
(c) red and raw
(d) deathly pale

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Fechner's body end up?

2. What does Kelvin find underlined in a book?

3. What did the physicists at first consider Solaris' ocean?

4. What does Kelvin do when he hears someone coming down the hall while he's in Gibarian's room?

5. What does Snow have on his hands?

(see the answer key)

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