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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is inside Kelvin's cabin when he first enters it?
(a) no one
(b) Gibarian
(c) Snow
(d) Sartorius

3. When was Solaris first discovered?
(a) the previous year
(b) ten years ago
(c) a hundred years before Kelvin's birth
(d) a thousand years before Kelvin's birth

4. Whose expedition was Berton on?
(a) Shannahan's
(b) Ottenskjöld's
(c) Fechner's
(d) Gibarian's

5. Where are most of the rocky islands of Solaris located?
(a) in the northern hemisphere
(b) at the extreme south pole
(c) at the extreme north pole
(d) in the southern hemisphere

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Berton's condition when he returned from the search?

2. How does Snow say that Gibarian died?

3. What does Kelvin do when he hears someone coming down the hall while he's in Gibarian's room?

4. Before the discovery of Solaris, why did scientists think a planet like Solaris could never contain life?

5. What does Kelvin hear from inside Sartorius' lab?

(see the answer key)

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