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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Solarists.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Kelvin see from the window of his quarters?
(a) nothing
(b) the ocean of Solaris
(c) the stars in space
(d) the lower floor of the research station

2. Who greets Kelvin when he first lands on Station Solaris?
(a) Gibarian
(b) Sartorius
(c) Snow
(d) no one

3. Has Kelvin met Sartorius, prior to arriving at the research station?
(a) No, but he's seen pictures of Sartorius.
(b) Yes, he's met Sartorius once, briefly.
(c) Yes, he knew Sartorius well, once.
(d) No, he's never seen Sartorius.

4. What did the physicists at first consider Solaris' ocean?
(a) a quasiorganic organism
(b) a photopsychic form
(c) a complex plasmic mechanism
(d) a pseudoorganic form

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kelvin looking at when he suddenly, intensely feels he's being watched?

2. What does Snow do when Kelvin asks about Gibarian?

3. In Gibarian's room, what does Kelvin discover the scientists have been directing at the ocean?

4. What nickname does Snow ask Kelvin to call him?

5. What is the condition of the research station when Kelvin arrives?

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