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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. Who is the first person Kelvin meets on the research station?
(a) Gibarian
(b) Snow
(c) Rheya
(d) Sartorius
2. Where are most of the rocky islands of Solaris located?
(a) at the extreme north pole
(b) in the southern hemisphere
(c) in the northern hemisphere
(d) at the extreme south pole
3. What happens when Kelvin goes into the restroom?
(a) Rheya attacks the door.
(b) Rheya disappears.
(c) Rheya breaks through the wall.
(d) Rheya begins sobbing.
4. Who led the first expedition to land on Solaris?
(a) Fechner
(b) Shannahan
(c) Ottenskjöld
(d) Gibarian
5. How long did it take for spacecraft to visit Solaris after its discovery?
(a) 30 days
(b) 45 years
(c) 5 years
(d) 100 years
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Kelvin look for in the library?
2. Who does Kelvin see by Gibarian's body?
3. In Gibarian's room, what does Kelvin discover the scientists have been directing at the ocean?
4. Besides the envelope, what does Kelvin take from Gibarian's room?
5. What is the initial reaction Kelvin gets from the first person he meets?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Kelvin wearing when he arrives on the research station?
2. Why does Kelvin blame himself for Rheya's death?
3. How does Kelvin periodically check to reassure himself that the research station's air circulatory system is working?
4. Why do Sartorius, Snow, and Kelvin cover the cameras on their videophones?
5. Describe the view of Solaris that Kelvin first sees from his room.
6. Why does Kelvin react emotionally to the two sundresses on the floor?
7. What is Snow's reaction to Kelvin's description of Rheya as a woman he once loved who killed herself?
8. Explain the term "no appreciable relation to reality" as the president of the committee uses it to describe Berton's report.
9. Describe the research station as Kelvin first sees it.
10. Why does Snow say the Polytherian forms are so dangerous?
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