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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Kelvin do after he showers and changes?
(a) He goes to look for Snow.
(b) He takes a nap.
(c) He goes to look for Sartorius.
(d) He reads.

4. What does Kelvin arm himself with?
(a) a harpoon
(b) a gas pistol
(c) a flare gun
(d) a fire extinguisher

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kelvin see by Gibarian's body?

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

3. When was Solaris first discovered?

4. Why does Kelvin think the warning is strange?

5. In whose handwriting is the envelope Kelvin finds addressed?

(see the answer key)

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