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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kelvin make his argument?
(a) Kelvin does not want to endanger himself, Snow, or Sartorius.
(b) Kelvin secretly does not want Rheya destroyed.
(c) Kelvin secretly has a plan to destroy only Rheya.
(d) Kelvin secretly believes all the visitors have rights.

2. What does Snow hypothesize is necessary for the visitors to survive?
(a) a constant influx of matter
(b) a way to recycle neutrinos
(c) a constant influx of energy
(d) a way to reform lost particles

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

4. What third person does Kelvin think about during the brainwave recording?
(a) his father
(b) his brother
(c) his sister
(d) his mother

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

6. What do Snow and Kelvin send to Earth?
(a) a ship's log
(b) new data gathered from the ocean storm
(c) an electroencephalogram
(d) a report of the events

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

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

9. When does Snow say the experiment will be ready?
(a) that day
(b) in two or three days
(c) in a week
(d) in a month

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

11. What kind of god does Kelvin ask Snow if he's ever heard of?
(a) an imperfect god
(b) a blind god
(c) an unconscious god
(d) a malevalent god

12. What does Snow do the first time Kelvin sees him after the experiment?
(a) He stumbles into the kitchen and collapses on the floor.
(b) He walks into the kitchen area and falls asleep in a chair.
(c) He mutters to himself, completely ignoring Kelvin and Rheya.
(d) He opens a can of meat and starts gobbling it down.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do asymmetriads last?

2. What new theory does Kelvin say Snow has created about Solaris?

3. What does Kelvin tell Rheya when she asks if she is immortal?

4. What character trait does Kelvin say Rheya's suicide attempt shows?

5. What does Kelvin try to do after Rheya tries to kill herself?

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