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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 thinks of during the brainwave recording?
(a) Rheya
(b) himself
(c) Snow
(d) Sartorius

2. Why does Rheya try to kill herself?
(a) She has talked with Solaris in a dream.
(b) She has talked with Snow.
(c) She has talked with Sartorius.
(d) She has listened to Gibarian's tape.

3. Why does Kelvin make his argument?
(a) Kelvin secretly has a plan to destroy only Rheya.
(b) Kelvin secretly does not want Rheya destroyed.
(c) Kelvin secretly believes all the visitors have rights.
(d) Kelvin does not want to endanger himself, Snow, or Sartorius.

4. What does Kelvin awake to hear in the middle of the night?
(a) sobbing from the walls
(b) inhuman screaming
(c) a constant drip he cannot find
(d) a deep cracking sound

5. What appears on Solaris' ocean fifteen days after the end of the experiment?
(a) a deep depression to the bottom of the ocean
(b) a perfect translucent red sphere
(c) a mist and wings of foam
(d) a giant tower

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens the following night?

3. What does Kelvin tell Rheya when she asks if she is immortal?

4. When does Snow say that the visitors first appeared?

5. What is Kelvin's mood following the experiment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Snow call Rheya?

2. What book does Kelvin read in the library?

3. What is Snow's response to Sartorius' new experiment?

4. Why does Rheya choose the method she uses to try to kill herself?

5. Describe the ocean as Kelvin sees it, after leaving the research station for the first time.

6. Why doesn't Kelvin share his doubts about the upcoming experiment with Rheya?

7. How does Rheya sign her suicide note?

8. Does Snow believe Kelvin when Kelvin says he loves Rheya?

9. What does Snow say that Sartorius wants to do to the ocean?

10. How does Rheya describe being away from Kelvin?

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