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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What giant human form does Berton see imitated by Solaris' ocean?
(a) a pregnant woman
(b) a toddler
(c) a fetus
(d) an old man

2. What makes Solaris's orbit stable?
(a) its dual suns
(b) its sister planet
(c) its unique core
(d) its ocean

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

4. How old does Rheya appear?
(a) nineteen
(b) thirty-nine
(c) twenty-nine
(d) forty-nine

5. What did the biologists at first consider Solaris' ocean?
(a) a prebiological cell
(b) an advanced life form
(c) a disembodied neural system
(d) inorganic

6. What does Dr. Messenger think that Berton saw?
(a) The ocean recreating images from Berton's mind.
(b) The ocean creating composite images from the scientists' minds.
(c) The ocean recreating images from the mind of a dead scientist.
(d) The ocean mimicking objects and images from the spaceships.

7. What does Snow warn Kelvin to do if he meets a stranger?
(a) He warns Kelvin not to speak or interact with a stranger.
(b) He warns Kelvin to not ignore any stranger.
(c) He warns Kelvin to run and hide from any stranger.
(d) He warns Kelvin to kill any stranger.

8. In Gibarian's room, what does Kelvin discover the scientists have been directing at the ocean?
(a) X-rays
(b) tachyon particles
(c) proton streams
(d) gamma rays

9. When does Sartorius plan on joining Snow and Kelvin?
(a) in an hour
(b) never
(c) after dark
(d) the next day

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

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

12. What is the condition of the skin on Snow's face?
(a) sunburned
(b) wrinkled and dry
(c) red and raw
(d) deathly pale

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

14. What does Kelvin keep in his wallet?
(a) a ring he gave to Rheya
(b) a newspaper clipping about Rheya's death
(c) a photo of Rheya in the woods
(d) Rheya's suicide note

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led the first expedition to land on Solaris?

2. What does Snow call the visitors?

3. What is Rheya wearing when Kelvin sees her?

4. What does Rheya's blood look like to Kelvin at the cellular level?

5. What does Kelvin hear from inside Sartorius' lab?

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