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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kelvin recognize Snow?
(a) from news reports
(b) from meeting him on Earth
(c) by his voice
(d) from his photograph

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

3. What does Kelvin do after he showers and changes?
(a) He goes to look for Sartorius.
(b) He goes to look for Snow.
(c) He reads.
(d) He takes a nap.

4. What damages Kelvin's face?
(a) heat from the shuttle liftoff
(b) a razor
(c) radiation from the ocean
(d) acid from the laboratory

5. What is Kelvin's prior relationship with Gibarian?
(a) Gibarian and Kelvin were rivals who disliked each other.
(b) Kelvin has never met Gibarian but corresponded with him.
(c) Gibarian is an old friend of Kelvin.
(d) Kelvin has never met Gibarian but read all his work.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Gibarian's room, what does Kelvin discover the scientists have been directing at the ocean?

2. What does Kelvin find in his pocket?

3. Who is the first person Kelvin meets on the research station?

4. Where is Gibarian?

5. What does Kelvin give Rheya?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why aren't Berton's experiences related in the Supplement that Gibarian's note directs Kelvin to?

2. What does Kelvin feel as he goes into his room on the space station?

3. Why does Kelvin launch the shuttle?

4. Was Gibarian dead when Snow found him?

5. Describe the view of Solaris that Kelvin first sees from his room.

6. Why do Sartorius, Snow, and Kelvin cover the cameras on their videophones?

7. Who do the records say took The Little Apocrypha out of the library?

8. How punctual does Kelvin say he is?

9. Why does Kelvin react emotionally to the two sundresses on the floor?

10. Is Kelvin on time for his meeting with Snow?

(see the answer keys)

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