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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the station travel to repeat the experiment?
(a) south, near the southern pole
(b) north to the equator
(c) south to the equator
(d) north, near the northern pole

2. Where is Rheya when Kelvin wakes up with a fuzzy head after being drugged?
(a) Rheya is in the bathroom.
(b) Rheya is in the hall.
(c) Rheya is in the shuttle.
(d) Rheya is missing.

3. What does Kelvin want to do after he realizes Rheya is truly gone?
(a) kill himself
(b) kill Sartorius
(c) destroy Solaris
(d) destroy the research station

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

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

6. What does Kelvin tell Rheya when she asks if she is immortal?
(a) He says he doesn't know.
(b) He says that she is immortal.
(c) He says that she is part of Solaris.
(d) He says that she is not immortal.

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

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

9. What does Rheya give Kelvin before he goes to sleep after he asks what she's doing in the night?
(a) potent wine
(b) chalky seeming milk
(c) strangely colored water
(d) bitter-tasting juice

10. What problem does Kelvin see in bringing Rheya to Earth?
(a) She won't be able to leave his side after they arrive on Earth.
(b) She doesn't have proper papers and wouldn't be allowed on Earth.
(c) She won't fit in with other people.
(d) She would suffer from culture shock.

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

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

13. 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 mutters to himself, completely ignoring Kelvin and Rheya.
(c) He walks into the kitchen area and falls asleep in a chair.
(d) He opens a can of meat and starts gobbling it down.

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

15. Why does Snow want to go off the station with Kelvin?
(a) He's worried Kelvin may want to kill himself.
(b) He wants to see the formation for himself.
(c) Snow wants to tell Kelvin something in private.
(d) Snow has never been off the station before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Snow say is the result of Sartorius' experiment?

2. What does Snow do before visiting Kelvin?

3. Who is the first person Kelvin thinks of during the brainwave recording?

4. Where does Kelvin go after the experiment?

5. What do Snow and Kelvin see in the ocean?

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