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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 are Kelvin's brainwaves recorded onto?
(a) metal sheets
(b) magnetic tape
(c) film
(d) punch cards

2. What does Snow do the first time Kelvin sees him after the experiment?
(a) He walks into the kitchen area and falls asleep in a chair.
(b) He opens a can of meat and starts gobbling it down.
(c) He mutters to himself, completely ignoring Kelvin and Rheya.
(d) He stumbles into the kitchen and collapses on the floor.

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

4. What problem does Kelvin see in bringing Rheya to Earth?
(a) She would suffer from culture shock.
(b) She doesn't have proper papers and wouldn't be allowed on Earth.
(c) She won't fit in with other people.
(d) She won't be able to leave his side after they arrive on Earth.

5. What does Sartorius ask Kelvin to think about during the electroencephalogram?
(a) images from his childhood
(b) mankind's rich scientific history
(c) his innermost conflicts
(d) a wish to make the visitors disappear

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rheya say when Kelvin asks where she went the previous night?

2. Whose voice does Kelvin hear in his sleep?

3. What does Snow offer to give Kelvin?

4. What does Rheya believe she was created to do?

5. What odd action does Kelvin notice Snow is performing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Gravinsk's Compendium commonly used for?

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

3. What reasons does Kelvin have not to tell Rheya what she wants to know?

4. What formation does Kelvin see as the ship travels to the polar region of Solaris?

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

6. Why does Snow want to give Kelvin a job to do?

7. How does Rheya sign her suicide note?

8. Why doesn't Kelvin want to open a communications channel to the shuttle he launched?

9. Why does Rheya lie to Kelvin about what she did during the night?

10. Why does Kelvin say he doesn't want Rheya to overhear his conversation?

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