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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take for spacecraft to visit Solaris after its discovery?
(a) 30 days
(b) 45 years
(c) 5 years
(d) 100 years

2. What does Kelvin propose that the visitors are made of?
(a) tachyon fields
(b) plasma
(c) neutrino fields
(d) photons

3. What book can't Kelvin find in Gibarian's room?
(a) The Big Lie of Solaris
(b) The Lost Solarian Truth
(c) The Imposturia
(d) The Little Apocrypha

4. Who is in Gibarian's room when Kelvin arrives?
(a) the visitor Kelvin saw in the hall
(b) no one
(c) Snow
(d) Sartorius

5. Whose expedition was Berton on?
(a) Fechner's
(b) Gibarian's
(c) Ottenskjöld's
(d) Shannahan's

6. What happens to Kelvin's arm?
(a) It goes to sleep.
(b) It gets crushed in the door.
(c) Rheya bruises it.
(d) He cuts it.

7. Where did Snow find Gibarian's body?
(a) in a shuttlepod
(b) in the laboratory
(c) in Gibarian's shower
(d) in Gibarian's locker

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

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

10. Where does Kelvin lock Rheya?
(a) in the shuttle
(b) in a locker
(c) in a closet
(d) in the laboratory

11. Where are most of the rocky islands of Solaris located?
(a) at the extreme south pole
(b) in the northern hemisphere
(c) in the southern hemisphere
(d) at the extreme north pole

12. What is the condition of the research station when Kelvin arrives?
(a) The station is without power and breaking down.
(b) The station is disorderly and dirty.
(c) The station is completely empty and unsupplied.
(d) The station is crawling with bugs.

13. What is the name of the space ship Kelvin takes from Earth to Solaris?
(a) Daedalus
(b) Icarus
(c) Prometheus
(d) Aeschylus

14. Who is inside Kelvin's cabin when he first enters it?
(a) Snow
(b) Sartorius
(c) Gibarian
(d) no one

15. What do Rheya and Kelvin need when the sun rises?
(a) helmets
(b) wide-brimmed hats
(c) dark glasses
(d) sunscreen

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Snow say the visitor Kelvin saw comes from?

2. What can Kelvin see from the window of his quarters?

3. How does Kelvin feel when he sees the two dresses on the floor?

4. Where is Gibarian?

5. Where has Snow put Gibarian's body?

(see the answer keys)

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