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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose voice speaks to Kelvin in the capsule to prepare him for landing?
(a) Gibarian
(b) Snow
(c) automated machinery
(d) Sartorius

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

3. Besides the envelope, what does Kelvin take from Gibarian's room?
(a) Gibarian's spacesuit and a broken watch
(b) Gibarian's experiment notes and a tape recorder
(c) Gibarian's broken watch and a tape recorder
(d) Gibarian's experiment notes and spacesuit

4. How does Kelvin know his way around the space station?
(a) He spent three years on a similar station around another planet.
(b) He spent six weeks in a replica of it on Earth.
(c) He trained in a holographic replica on the trip to the station.
(d) He helped design and build the prototype station.

5. Who is in Gibarian's room when Kelvin arrives?
(a) no one
(b) the visitor Kelvin saw in the hall
(c) Sartorius
(d) Snow

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kelvin look for in the library?

2. How does Kelvin recognize Snow?

3. What does Snow say about Gibarian's mental condition?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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