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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Little Apocrypha.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Gibarian the book he could not find?
(a) Snow
(b) Rheya
(c) a robot
(d) Sartorius

2. What does Kelvin hear from inside Sartorius' lab?
(a) the sound of breaking glass
(b) the sound of a child running
(c) the sound of scraping furniture
(d) sounds of sobbing

3. Where did Fechner's body end up?
(a) strapped into Fechner's chair
(b) on the space station
(c) floating in the atmophere
(d) in the ocean of Solaris

4. Who led the first preliminary study of Solaris, one which did not land on the surface?
(a) Gibarian
(b) Ottenskjöld
(c) Fechner
(d) Shannahan

5. What can Kelvin see from the window of his quarters?
(a) the stars in space
(b) the ocean of Solaris
(c) the lower floor of the research station
(d) nothing

Short Answer Questions

1. Has Kelvin met Sartorius, prior to arriving at the research station?

2. What is Kelvin looking at when he suddenly, intensely feels he's being watched?

3. What makes Solaris's orbit stable?

4. What is the condition of the research station when Kelvin arrives?

5. What does Snow tell Kelvin when he asks about Sartorius?

(see the answer key)

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