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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kelvin say when Snow suggests Kelvin's "god" is mankind?
(a) Kelvin says every god is mankind.
(b) Kelvin denies that he's talking about mankind.
(c) Kelvin says the god would be mankind plus the universe.
(d) Kelvin says he cannot imagine a god who is not mankind.

2. How long do asymmetriads last?
(a) a few minutes
(b) a few hours
(c) a brief second
(d) a few days

3. What can symmetriads contain?
(a) impossible physical forms that break laws of nature
(b) physical representations of logical reasoning
(c) geometric illustrations of principles of physics
(d) geometric illustrations of new types of pure math

4. What does Kelvin argue to Snow?
(a) Communication with the ocean will cause more hostile behavior.
(b) All their ideas will be ineffective.
(c) A neutrino disruptor could create an explosion.
(d) Submerging anything in the ocean will be interpretted as aggression.

5. What are Kelvin's brainwaves recorded onto?
(a) metal sheets
(b) punch cards
(c) magnetic tape
(d) film

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

7. What does Snow tell Kelvin when Kelvin regains consciousness after he finds Rheya missing?
(a) Rheya is imaginary.
(b) Rheya is locked away.
(c) Rheya is returning soon.
(d) Rheya is dead.

8. Who is the first person Kelvin thinks of during the brainwave recording?
(a) himself
(b) Snow
(c) Sartorius
(d) Rheya

9. Where does Rheya go while Kelvin's brainwaves are being recorded?
(a) She is locked in his room.
(b) She is locked in the shuttle.
(c) She comes with him.
(d) She hides in the corridor.

10. What does Snow say that Kelvin is doing, which Gibarian also did?
(a) not sleeping
(b) not shaving
(c) reading too much
(d) talking too much

11. What does Kelvin say he wants to do?
(a) travel down to Solaris's surface
(b) leave the station alone
(c) complete the experiment with Sartorius
(d) leave the station with Rheya

12. What do Rheya and Kelvin spend their time talking about?
(a) how to destroy Solaris
(b) what has happened to Sartorius
(c) their future on Earth
(d) whether to leave the ship

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

14. What does Kelvin do when Snow gives him a drink?
(a) Kelvin pours the drink out on the floor.
(b) Kelvin spits out the drink.
(c) Kelvin drinks the drink.
(d) Kelvin throws the drink in Snow's face.

15. What does Kelvin awake to hear in the middle of the night?
(a) a constant drip he cannot find
(b) inhuman screaming
(c) sobbing from the walls
(d) a deep cracking sound

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kelvin try to convince Rheya of, after she tries to kill herself?

2. How does Rheya try to kill herself?

3. What does Kelvin tell Rheya when she asks if she looks like the first Rheya.

4. What does Kelvin tell Rheya about her blood?

5. What happens the following night?

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