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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 new theory does Kelvin say Snow has created about Solaris?
(a) that Solaris is mad
(b) that Solaris is a child
(c) that Solaris is unconscious
(d) that Solaris is a mother

2. What does Snow say might happen if Kelvin leaves with Rheya?
(a) Rheya will disappear and reappear on the station.
(b) Rheya will turn violent.
(c) Rheya will come to despise him.
(d) Rheya will disintegrate.

3. When does Rheya say was the only time she lied to him?
(a) when she said she believed in him
(b) when she said she couldn't remember how she got there
(c) when she hid the tape recorder
(d) when she would not leave his side

4. What does Snow tell Kelvin when Kelvin regains consciousness after he finds Rheya missing?
(a) Rheya is imaginary.
(b) Rheya is returning soon.
(c) Rheya is dead.
(d) Rheya is locked away.

5. What happens the following night?
(a) The ocean level drops steeply
(b) The ocean becomes phosphorescent.
(c) The ocean's surface becomes hard and calcified.
(d) The ocean becomes deep green.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the period after the experiment, how does Snow communicate with Kelvin?

2. What do mimoids duplicate?

3. What does Kelvin try to do after Rheya tries to kill herself?

4. What does Snow offer to give Kelvin?

5. What character trait does Kelvin say Rheya's suicide attempt shows?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rheya describe being away from Kelvin?

2. What does Snow call Rheya?

3. What can't Kelvin find, when he wakes in the morning?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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