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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Snow say about Gibarian's mental condition?
(a) Gibarian was constantly uncertain about his sanity.
(b) Gibarian knew he'd lost his mind.
(c) Gibarian completely lost touch with reality.
(d) Gibarian never thought he was mad.

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

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

4. Where does the second version of Rheya appear?
(a) She is outside Kelvin's door.
(b) She is in Kelvin's closet.
(c) She is in Kelvin's restroom.
(d) She is on Kelvin's bed.

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

6. What does Snow do when Kelvin asks about Gibarian?
(a) faints
(b) cries
(c) laughs
(d) screams

7. Who was the first scientist to have a visitor?
(a) Snow
(b) Shannahan
(c) Gibarian
(d) Sartorius

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

9. What does Kelvin look for in the library?
(a) Sartorius and Snow's medical history
(b) books that Gibarian made a note of
(c) books written by Sartorius
(d) references to Snow's experiments

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

11. What does Kelvin see on Rheya's arm?
(a) a birthmark
(b) a scar from a razor cut
(c) a mark from a hypodermic needle
(d) an engraved bracelet

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

13. Who led the first preliminary study of Solaris, one which did not land on the surface?
(a) Gibarian
(b) Shannahan
(c) Ottenskjöld
(d) Fechner

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

15. What nickname does Snow ask Kelvin to call him?
(a) Dogface
(b) Snakeface
(c) Catface
(d) Ratface

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rheya's blood look like to Kelvin at a subatomic level?

2. What does Rheya feel compelled to do?

3. What does Snow have on his hands?

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

5. What is Kelvin looking at when he suddenly, intensely feels he's being watched?

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