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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Little Apocrypha.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is inside Kelvin's cabin when he first enters it?
(a) Snow
(b) no one
(c) Gibarian
(d) Sartorius

2. What does Kelvin do after he showers and changes?
(a) He reads.
(b) He goes to look for Snow.
(c) He goes to look for Sartorius.
(d) He takes a nap.

3. Who is the envelope Kelvin finds addressed to?
(a) Gibarian
(b) Snow
(c) Kelvin
(d) Sartorius

4. Where are most of the rocky islands of Solaris located?
(a) at the extreme south pole
(b) in the southern hemisphere
(c) in the northern hemisphere
(d) at the extreme north pole

5. 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 core of Solaris is too unstable.
(c) The atmosphere of a planet like Solaris is too toxic.
(d) The elements of life are not present on Solaris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the next Rheya remember about the first visit?

2. Why does Kelvin think the warning is strange?

3. How did Rheya die?

4. What makes Solaris's orbit stable?

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

(see the answer key)

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