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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 does Snow tell Kelvin when he asks about Sartorius?
(a) to talk with Sartorius
(b) to go stay in his quarters
(c) to come back in an hour
(d) to stop asking questions

2. Before the discovery of Solaris, why did scientists think a planet like Solaris could never contain life?
(a) The core of Solaris is too unstable.
(b) The elements of life are not present on Solaris.
(c) The atmosphere of a planet like Solaris is too toxic.
(d) An orbit around a binary star system is too unstable.

3. Why does Kelvin think the warning is strange?
(a) because Snow is usually calm and collected
(b) because no one else could be on the ship
(c) because Kelvin has already been briefed on how to deal with strangers
(d) because the strangers he meets should be friendly

4. How does Kelvin plan to test his own sanity?
(a) by having Snow perform a full brain scan
(b) by comparing his mathematical results to a computer's
(c) by hypnotizing himself
(d) by having a computer perform psychological tests

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Snow say that Sartorius is?

2. How does Snow say that Gibarian died?

3. What was Berton's condition when he returned from the search?

4. Who is the first person Kelvin meets on the research station?

5. Who greets Kelvin when he first lands on Station Solaris?

(see the answer key)

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