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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. What is the matter with Rheya's clothes?
(a) They don't fit correctly.
(b) The cloth is supernaturally strong.
(c) They have no zipper or buttons.
(d) They seem grown onto her skin.

2. Who led the first expedition to land on Solaris?
(a) Gibarian
(b) Shannahan
(c) Ottenskjöld
(d) Fechner

3. What happens to Kelvin's arm?
(a) Rheya bruises it.
(b) He cuts it.
(c) It gets crushed in the door.
(d) It goes to sleep.

4. What does Rheya remember about the time while Kelvin was in the bathroom?
(a) hurting her hands and screaming
(b) passing out on the floor
(c) feeling angry and enraged
(d) being alone and feeling frightened

5. When was Solaris first discovered?
(a) a hundred years before Kelvin's birth
(b) the previous year
(c) ten years ago
(d) a thousand years before Kelvin's birth

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the physicists at first consider Solaris' ocean?

2. When did Kelvin last see Rheya?

3. What does Snow have on his hands?

4. Who is in Gibarian's room when Kelvin arrives?

5. Who does Kelvin see by Gibarian's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kelvin launch the shuttle?

2. What do Rheya's death and Gibarian's death have in common?

3. Why does Snow say the Polytherian forms are so dangerous?

4. Describe Kelvin's first view of Solaris.

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

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

7. How punctual does Kelvin say he is?

8. Describe the research station as Kelvin first sees it.

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

10. What does Snow say that mankind is seeking in outer space?

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