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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Sartorius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Snow put Gibarian's body?
(a) on an island on Solaris
(b) ejected into space
(c) into Solaris's ocean
(d) in cold storage

2. Why does Kelvin think the warning is strange?
(a) because the strangers he meets should be friendly
(b) because Snow is usually calm and collected
(c) because no one else could be on the ship
(d) because Kelvin has already been briefed on how to deal with strangers

3. Who led the first preliminary study of Solaris, one which did not land on the surface?
(a) Shannahan
(b) Fechner
(c) Ottenskjöld
(d) Gibarian

4. What is the condition of the skin on Snow's face?
(a) sunburned
(b) red and raw
(c) deathly pale
(d) wrinkled and dry

5. What is Kelvin's prior relationship with Gibarian?
(a) Gibarian is an old friend of Kelvin.
(b) Gibarian and Kelvin were rivals who disliked each other.
(c) Kelvin has never met Gibarian but corresponded with him.
(d) Kelvin has never met Gibarian but read all his work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kelvin hear from inside Sartorius' lab?

2. Where did Snow find Gibarian's body?

3. What does Kelvin find in his pocket?

4. Before the discovery of Solaris, why did scientists think a planet like Solaris could never contain life?

5. Where does Snow say the visitor Kelvin saw comes from?

(see the answer key)

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