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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The Dreams.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the visitors usually come?
(a) when the station is facing the north
(b) while the scientists are sleeping
(c) when the red sun is high
(d) while the blue sun is rising

2. Which sun sets after Kelvin has showed and changed?
(a) the green sun of Solaris
(b) the red sun of Solaris
(c) the yellow sun of Solaris
(d) the blue sun of Solaris

3. How does Kelvin react to his strange dreams?
(a) He fears them.
(b) He is disgusted by them.
(c) He is embarrassed by them.
(d) He loves them.

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

5. What did the biologists at first consider Solaris' ocean?
(a) a disembodied neural system
(b) a prebiological cell
(c) an advanced life form
(d) inorganic

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Solaris first discovered?

2. Why does Rheya try to kill herself?

3. Whose voice speaks to Kelvin in the capsule to prepare him for landing?

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

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

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