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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 Kelvin arm himself with?
(a) a harpoon
(b) a flare gun
(c) a fire extinguisher
(d) a gas pistol

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

3. Who does Kelvin see by Gibarian's body?
(a) a small barefoot child
(b) Sartorius
(c) a large black woman
(d) Snow

4. What startles Kelvin as he's getting out of his spacesuit?
(a) a cat hiding under the bed
(b) Sartorius calling out
(c) his reflection in the mirror
(d) someone he thinks is Rheya passing in the hall

5. What book can't Kelvin find in Gibarian's room?
(a) The Little Apocrypha
(b) The Big Lie of Solaris
(c) The Lost Solarian Truth
(d) The Imposturia

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose expedition was Berton on?

3. What does Kelvin find in his pocket?

4. How long did it take for spacecraft to visit Solaris after its discovery?

5. Where does Snow say the visitor Kelvin saw comes from?

(see the answer key)

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