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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 does Snow say about Kelvin's arrival?
(a) Snow forgot about Kelvin's arrival.
(b) Snow heard that Kelvin's trip was canceled.
(c) Snow sent word for Kelvin not to come.
(d) Snow never knew Kelvin was coming.

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

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

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

5. Where is Gibarian?
(a) on a shuttlepod
(b) in the ocean
(c) locked in a lab
(d) dead

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What can Kelvin see from the window of his quarters?

3. What does Snow have on his hands?

4. How long did it take for spacecraft to visit Solaris after its discovery?

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

(see the answer key)

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