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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Solarists.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Kelvin see from the window of his quarters?
(a) the lower floor of the research station
(b) nothing
(c) the ocean of Solaris
(d) the stars in space

2. What is the condition of the research station when Kelvin arrives?
(a) The station is disorderly and dirty.
(b) The station is completely empty and unsupplied.
(c) The station is without power and breaking down.
(d) The station is crawling with bugs.

3. What did the physicists at first consider Solaris' ocean?
(a) a quasiorganic organism
(b) a photopsychic form
(c) a complex plasmic mechanism
(d) a pseudoorganic form

4. Who is the first person Kelvin meets on the research station?
(a) Sartorius
(b) Gibarian
(c) Rheya
(d) Snow

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the space ship Kelvin takes from Earth to Solaris?

2. In Gibarian's room, what does Kelvin discover the scientists have been directing at the ocean?

3. What nickname does Snow ask Kelvin to call him?

4. What does Kelvin do after he showers and changes?

5. What does Snow say about Kelvin's arrival?

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