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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. How long did it take for spacecraft to visit Solaris after its discovery?
(a) 45 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 30 days
(d) 100 years

2. What does Kelvin find in his pocket?
(a) a note from Gibarian
(b) a ring he once gave to Rheya
(c) the key to his aparment on Earth
(d) a crushed cigarette

3. Who led the first expedition to land on Solaris?
(a) Fechner
(b) Ottenskjöld
(c) Gibarian
(d) Shannahan

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

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 Kelvin has already been briefed on how to deal with strangers
(d) because the strangers he meets should be friendly

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is inside Kelvin's cabin when he first enters it?

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

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

5. Has Kelvin met Sartorius, prior to arriving at the research station?

(see the answer key)

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