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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kelvin look for in the library?
(a) books written by Sartorius
(b) Sartorius and Snow's medical history
(c) references to Snow's experiments
(d) books that Gibarian made a note of

2. How does Snow say that Gibarian died?
(a) murder
(b) an accident
(c) suicide
(d) a heart attack

3. Where did Snow find Gibarian's body?
(a) in Gibarian's locker
(b) in a shuttlepod
(c) in the laboratory
(d) in Gibarian's shower

4. Which sun sets after Kelvin has showed and changed?
(a) the yellow sun of Solaris
(b) the green sun of Solaris
(c) the blue sun of Solaris
(d) the red sun of Solaris

5. Who does Kelvin see in the hall on the way to his appointment with Snow?
(a) a large black woman
(b) a small barefoot child
(c) Gibarian
(d) Sartorius

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Snow do when Kelvin asks about Gibarian?

3. What makes Solaris's orbit stable?

4. Who led the first preliminary study of Solaris, one which did not land on the surface?

5. Where has Snow put Gibarian's body?

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