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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The Dreams.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Kelvin try to do after Rheya tries to kill herself?
(a) kiss her
(b) run away from her
(c) choke her
(d) hold her

3. What does Rheya remember about the time while Kelvin was in the bathroom?
(a) hurting her hands and screaming
(b) feeling angry and enraged
(c) passing out on the floor
(d) being alone and feeling frightened

4. What experiment does Sartorius want to perform?
(a) submerge a machine that transmits brain activity in real-time
(b) broadcast a scientist's brain waves to the ocean
(c) submerge a radiation-emitting machine to kill the ocean
(d) broadcast a message using binary code to the ocean

5. What is the common perception of Solaris during the second period of Solarist study that Gravinsky identifies?
(a) that the ocean is alien to the galaxy
(b) that the ocean is a complex biological creature
(c) that the ocean is completely inanimate
(d) that the ocean is a lifeless chemical form

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do asymmetriads last?

2. Who is in Gibarian's room when Kelvin arrives?

3. What startles Kelvin as he's getting out of his spacesuit?

4. What happens to Rheya after she tries to kill herself?

5. What makes Solaris's orbit stable?

(see the answer key)

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