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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Kelvin do after he showers and changes?
(a) He goes to look for Sartorius.
(b) He goes to look for Snow.
(c) He takes a nap.
(d) He reads.

3. Where is Gibarian?
(a) dead
(b) in the ocean
(c) on a shuttlepod
(d) locked in a lab

4. How does Kelvin recognize Snow?
(a) from meeting him on Earth
(b) by his voice
(c) from his photograph
(d) from news reports

5. What did the biologists at first consider Solaris' ocean?
(a) inorganic
(b) a prebiological cell
(c) an advanced life form
(d) a disembodied neural system

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the condition of the research station when Kelvin arrives?

3. Who is the envelope Kelvin finds addressed to?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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