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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. Why does Kelvin make his argument?
(a) Kelvin secretly believes all the visitors have rights.
(b) Kelvin secretly does not want Rheya destroyed.
(c) Kelvin does not want to endanger himself, Snow, or Sartorius.
(d) Kelvin secretly has a plan to destroy only Rheya.

2. What experiment does Snow suggest to Kelvin?
(a) to send Rheya out onto the surface of Solaris
(b) to take one of the other visitors away with him in the shuttle
(c) to send Rheya up into space alone before going up with her
(d) to check what's happened to the first duplicate Rheya in orbit around Solaris

3. What makes Rheya nervous about Snow?
(a) He does not want to touch her.
(b) He looks at her strangely.
(c) He yells at her.
(d) He twitches all the time.

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 Snow is usually calm and collected
(d) because the strangers he meets should be friendly

5. Who was the first scientist to have a visitor?
(a) Shannahan
(b) Sartorius
(c) Snow
(d) Gibarian

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Kelvin tell Rheya about the success of the upcoming experiment?

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

4. What does Rheya's blood look like to Kelvin at the cellular level?

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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