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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 about Kelvin's arrival?
(a) Snow never knew Kelvin was coming.
(b) Snow heard that Kelvin's trip was canceled.
(c) Snow sent word for Kelvin not to come.
(d) Snow forgot about Kelvin's arrival.

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

3. What happens the following night?
(a) The ocean becomes phosphorescent.
(b) The ocean's surface becomes hard and calcified.
(c) The ocean level drops steeply
(d) The ocean becomes deep green.

4. What does Rheya's blood look like to Kelvin at a subatomic level?
(a) The subatomic structures are irregular.
(b) The subatomic structures are too precise.
(c) Kelvin cannot see anything at the subatomic level.
(d) It looks normal.

5. What do mimoids duplicate?
(a) nearby innanimate objects
(b) other Solarian forms
(c) living creatures
(d) distant objects in space

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the biologists at first consider Solaris' ocean?

2. What does Kelvin keep in his wallet?

3. Why does Sartorius agree to come out?

4. What does Snow do the first time Kelvin sees him after the experiment?

5. What does Kelvin do when he hears someone coming down the hall while he's in Gibarian's room?

(see the answer key)

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