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

2. What does Kelvin look for in the library?
(a) books that Gibarian made a note of
(b) references to Snow's experiments
(c) Sartorius and Snow's medical history
(d) books written by Sartorius

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

4. In Gibarian's room, what does Kelvin discover the scientists have been directing at the ocean?
(a) X-rays
(b) tachyon particles
(c) gamma rays
(d) proton streams

5. What does Kelvin keep in his wallet?
(a) a photo of Rheya in the woods
(b) Rheya's suicide note
(c) a ring he gave to Rheya
(d) a newspaper clipping about Rheya's death

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kelvin looking at when he suddenly, intensely feels he's being watched?

2. What do Rheya and Kelvin need when the sun rises?

3. How old does Rheya appear?

4. What does Kelvin propose that the visitors are made of?

5. What happens if a visitor is injured?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kelvin take the Historia Solaris down from the bookshelf?

2. What reason does Kelvin give for his suggestion about the physical composition of the visitors?

3. Describe Snow.

4. Describe the change in light between a red-sun day and a blue-sun day on Solaris.

5. What is Snow's reaction when Kelvin admits that he has had his first visitor?

6. Was Gibarian dead when Snow found him?

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

8. Describe Kelvin's first view of Solaris.

9. What does Kelvin do before removing his spacesuit?

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

(see the answer keys)

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