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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Gibarian the book he could not find?
(a) Rheya
(b) a robot
(c) Sartorius
(d) Snow

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

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

4. Where did Fechner's body end up?
(a) floating in the atmophere
(b) on the space station
(c) in the ocean of Solaris
(d) strapped into Fechner's chair

5. What does Snow have on his hands?
(a) black markings
(b) dried bloodstains
(c) torn-up gloves
(d) ice crystals

6. 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 without power and breaking down.
(d) The station is completely empty and unsupplied.

7. How does Kelvin know his way around the space station?
(a) He spent six weeks in a replica of it on Earth.
(b) He trained in a holographic replica on the trip to the station.
(c) He spent three years on a similar station around another planet.
(d) He helped design and build the prototype station.

8. What did the physicists at first consider Solaris' ocean?
(a) a quasiorganic organism
(b) a photopsychic form
(c) a pseudoorganic form
(d) a complex plasmic mechanism

9. Who does Kelvin see by Gibarian's body?
(a) Snow
(b) Sartorius
(c) a large black woman
(d) a small barefoot child

10. What does Rheya's blood look like to Kelvin at the cellular level?
(a) The blood has no cells.
(b) It looks normal.
(c) The cells are clearly not human.
(d) The cells have no form.

11. How does Kelvin feel when he sees the two dresses on the floor?
(a) horrified
(b) relieved
(c) hysterical
(d) grateful

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

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

14. What does Kelvin think of Berton's account?
(a) He thinks Berton is a trustworthy witness.
(b) He thinks Berton is mistaken.
(c) He thinks Berton's brain is affected by Solaris.
(d) He thinks Berton is a liar.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Gibarian?

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

4. Where does the second version of Rheya appear?

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

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