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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kelvin do when he hears someone coming down the hall while he's in Gibarian's room?
(a) He leaves his room by a second exit.
(b) He goes outside to see who is there.
(c) He holds the door handle so it can't be opened.
(d) He calls out to ask who's out there.

2. Who is the first person Kelvin meets on the research station?
(a) Gibarian
(b) Snow
(c) Rheya
(d) Sartorius

3. What does Snow do when Kelvin asks about Gibarian?
(a) screams
(b) laughs
(c) faints
(d) cries

4. Before the discovery of Solaris, why did scientists think a planet like Solaris could never contain life?
(a) An orbit around a binary star system is too unstable.
(b) The atmosphere of a planet like Solaris is too toxic.
(c) The elements of life are not present on Solaris.
(d) The core of Solaris is too unstable.

5. What startles Kelvin as he's getting out of his spacesuit?
(a) a cat hiding under the bed
(b) Sartorius calling out
(c) his reflection in the mirror
(d) someone he thinks is Rheya passing in the hall

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kelvin think the warning is strange?

2. What did the physicists at first consider Solaris' ocean?

3. What does Snow say about Kelvin's arrival?

4. Who led the first preliminary study of Solaris, one which did not land on the surface?

5. What does Snow tell Kelvin when he asks about Sartorius?

(see the answer key)

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