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

2. What damages Kelvin's face?
(a) a razor
(b) acid from the laboratory
(c) heat from the shuttle liftoff
(d) radiation from the ocean

3. What does Kelvin do when he hears someone coming down the hall while he's in Gibarian's room?
(a) He leaves his room by a second exit.
(b) He calls out to ask who's out there.
(c) He goes outside to see who is there.
(d) He holds the door handle so it can't be opened.

4. What is the common perception of Solaris during the second period of Solarist study that Gravinsky identifies?
(a) that the ocean is a complex biological creature
(b) that the ocean is alien to the galaxy
(c) that the ocean is a lifeless chemical form
(d) that the ocean is completely inanimate

5. What does Kelvin argue to Snow?
(a) A neutrino disruptor could create an explosion.
(b) Communication with the ocean will cause more hostile behavior.
(c) Submerging anything in the ocean will be interpretted as aggression.
(d) All their ideas will be ineffective.

Short Answer Questions

1. What result does Kelvin note that Sartorius' experiment has?

2. What is the initial reaction Kelvin gets from the first person he meets?

3. Who greets Kelvin when he first lands on Station Solaris?

4. What does Rheya think might help her stay out of Kelvin's sight?

5. Where does Snow say that Sartorius is?

(see the answer key)

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