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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kelvin tell Rheya about her blood?
(a) It is strange at a subatomic level.
(b) It is like his own.
(c) It does not last outside her body.
(d) It is formless at a microscopic level.

2. What does Snow say is the result of Sartorius' experiment?
(a) prolonged dying
(b) a dangerous void
(c) death for the wrong one
(d) an unstable field

3. What does Sartorius ask Kelvin to think about during the electroencephalogram?
(a) a wish to make the visitors disappear
(b) his innermost conflicts
(c) mankind's rich scientific history
(d) images from his childhood

4. How does Kelvin introduce Rheya?
(a) as his girlfriend
(b) as a friend
(c) as a coworker
(d) as his wife

5. What do mimoids duplicate?
(a) distant objects in space
(b) nearby innanimate objects
(c) other Solarian forms
(d) living creatures

6. What result does Kelvin note that Sartorius' experiment has?
(a) The planet Solaris seems to be shifting subtly in its orbit.
(b) A strange formation is visible in the ocean.
(c) A new object appears on the ship.
(d) It has no result.

7. What does Snow say that Sartorius is planning to cure?
(a) desire
(b) mankind
(c) thought
(d) immortality

8. What appears on Solaris' ocean fifteen days after the end of the experiment?
(a) a perfect translucent red sphere
(b) a deep depression to the bottom of the ocean
(c) a giant tower
(d) a mist and wings of foam

9. What is the common perception of Solaris during the second period of Solarist study that Gravinsky identifies?
(a) that the ocean is completely inanimate
(b) that the ocean is alien to the galaxy
(c) that the ocean is a complex biological creature
(d) that the ocean is a lifeless chemical form

10. What does Snow give to Kelvin?
(a) a suicide note from Rheya
(b) a piece of jewelry from Rheya
(c) a tape recording from Rheya
(d) a piece of Rheya's dress

11. What does Rheya think might help her stay out of Kelvin's sight?
(a) having a picture of him
(b) being hypnotized
(c) hearing his voice
(d) being unconscious

12. What experiment does Snow want Kelvin to perform?
(a) an experiment to permanently confine the visitors
(b) an experiment to destabilize the visitors at a subatomic level
(c) an experiment to communicate with Solaris
(d) an experiment to secure the station against emanations from Solaris

13. When does Rheya say was the only time she lied to him?
(a) when she would not leave his side
(b) when she hid the tape recorder
(c) when she said she believed in him
(d) when she said she couldn't remember how she got there

14. What does Kelvin try to do after Rheya tries to kill herself?
(a) kiss her
(b) run away from her
(c) hold her
(d) choke her

15. Where does Kelvin go after the experiment?
(a) Gibarian's quarters
(b) his quarters
(c) the library
(d) the shuttle bay

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rheya try to kill herself?

2. What does Kelvin say when Rheya asks if he would marry, if she were gone?

3. How long do asymmetriads last?

4. What does Kelvin overhear Rheya do in the middle of the night?

5. What does the voice warn Kelvin about, in his dream?

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