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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 appears on Solaris' ocean fifteen days after the end of the experiment?
(a) a perfect translucent red sphere
(b) a deep depression to the bottom of the ocean
(c) a giant tower
(d) a mist and wings of foam

2. In whose handwriting is the envelope Kelvin finds addressed?
(a) Sartorius's
(b) Gibarian's
(c) Snow's
(d) Rheya's

3. Why does Sartorius agree to come out?
(a) Kelvin says that a shuttle has come to take them away.
(b) Kelvin tells Sartorius about the visitor he's seen.
(c) Kelvin threatens to turn off the air.
(d) Kelvin threatens to break down the door.

4. 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) Gibarian and Kelvin were rivals who disliked each other.
(d) Kelvin has never met Gibarian but read all his work.

5. Who is the envelope Kelvin finds addressed to?
(a) Snow
(b) Sartorius
(c) Kelvin
(d) Gibarian

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take for spacecraft to visit Solaris after its discovery?

2. How does Kelvin react to his strange dreams?

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

4. Does Kelvin want Snow's plan to stop the visitors to succeed?

5. What happens if a visitor is injured?

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