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

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

3. How does Kelvin explain the gaps in Rheya's memory to her?
(a) He says she's not who she thinks she is.
(b) He doesn't explain.
(c) He says she's had a concussion.
(d) He says she's been sick.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first scientist to have a visitor?

2. Who is the envelope Kelvin finds addressed to?

3. How does Kelvin plan to test his own sanity?

4. Whose expedition was Berton on?

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

(see the answer key)

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