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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The Dreams.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Snow say is the result of Sartorius' experiment?
(a) a dangerous void
(b) prolonged dying
(c) death for the wrong one
(d) an unstable field

2. During the period after the experiment, how does Snow communicate with Kelvin?
(a) not at all
(b) through notes or the videophone
(c) through tape recorded messages
(d) through secret meetings

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

4. What does most of the panel interviewing Berton think of his story?
(a) They think it actually happened.
(b) They think he is making up the story.
(c) They think he is hallucinating.
(d) They think he was hypnotized by the ocean.

5. What is Kelvin's prior relationship with Gibarian?
(a) Gibarian is an old friend of Kelvin.
(b) Kelvin has never met Gibarian but corresponded with him.
(c) Kelvin has never met Gibarian but read all his work.
(d) Gibarian and Kelvin were rivals who disliked each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Messenger think that Berton saw?

2. What startles Kelvin as he's getting out of his spacesuit?

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

4. What third person does Kelvin think about during the brainwave recording?

5. What nickname does Snow ask Kelvin to call him?

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