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

2. What is the condition of the skin on Snow's face?
(a) deathly pale
(b) wrinkled and dry
(c) red and raw
(d) sunburned

3. 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

4. What makes Solaris's orbit stable?
(a) its dual suns
(b) its ocean
(c) its sister planet
(d) its unique core

5. What is the name of the space ship Kelvin takes from Earth to Solaris?
(a) Daedalus
(b) Prometheus
(c) Aeschylus
(d) Icarus

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kelvin's prior relationship with Gibarian?

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

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

4. What is the initial reaction Kelvin gets from the first person he meets?

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

(see the answer key)

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