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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kelvin plan to test his own sanity?
(a) by having a computer perform psychological tests
(b) by hypnotizing himself
(c) by having Snow perform a full brain scan
(d) by comparing his mathematical results to a computer's

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

3. What is the matter with Rheya's clothes?
(a) They seem grown onto her skin.
(b) The cloth is supernaturally strong.
(c) They have no zipper or buttons.
(d) They don't fit correctly.

4. Which sun sets after Kelvin has showed and changed?
(a) the blue sun of Solaris
(b) the green sun of Solaris
(c) the yellow sun of Solaris
(d) the red sun of Solaris

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

6. What does Snow tell Kelvin when he asks about Sartorius?
(a) to talk with Sartorius
(b) to come back in an hour
(c) to stop asking questions
(d) to go stay in his quarters

7. When do the visitors usually come?
(a) while the blue sun is rising
(b) when the station is facing the north
(c) when the red sun is high
(d) while the scientists are sleeping

8. Whose voice speaks to Kelvin in the capsule to prepare him for landing?
(a) automated machinery
(b) Snow
(c) Gibarian
(d) Sartorius

9. How does Kelvin recognize Snow?
(a) from meeting him on Earth
(b) from news reports
(c) from his photograph
(d) by his voice

10. How does Snow say that Gibarian died?
(a) murder
(b) suicide
(c) an accident
(d) a heart attack

11. What will the next Rheya remember about the first visit?
(a) vague, dreamlike flashes
(b) everything
(c) only the beginning
(d) nothing

12. What does Rheya remember about the time while Kelvin was in the bathroom?
(a) being alone and feeling frightened
(b) hurting her hands and screaming
(c) passing out on the floor
(d) feeling angry and enraged

13. Before the discovery of Solaris, why did scientists think a planet like Solaris could never contain life?
(a) The atmosphere of a planet like Solaris is too toxic.
(b) The elements of life are not present on Solaris.
(c) The core of Solaris is too unstable.
(d) An orbit around a binary star system is too unstable.

14. What does Kelvin hear from inside Sartorius' lab?
(a) the sound of breaking glass
(b) the sound of a child running
(c) the sound of scraping furniture
(d) sounds of sobbing

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kelvin propose that the visitors are made of?

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

3. When does Sartorius plan on joining Snow and Kelvin?

4. What is the condition of the research station when Kelvin arrives?

5. What makes Solaris's orbit stable?

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