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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. What do Rheya and Kelvin need when the sun rises?
(a) sunscreen
(b) helmets
(c) dark glasses
(d) wide-brimmed hats

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

3. What does Kelvin notice about Rheya's foot?
(a) It is rough and hardened.
(b) It has no wrinkles or toe prints.
(c) It is smooth and uncalloused.
(d) It is malformed.

4. What can symmetriads contain?
(a) impossible physical forms that break laws of nature
(b) geometric illustrations of new types of pure math
(c) geometric illustrations of principles of physics
(d) physical representations of logical reasoning

5. What is Kelvin looking at when he suddenly, intensely feels he's being watched?
(a) a map of Solaris
(b) a plan of the research station
(c) a photograph of the binary suns
(d) a model of a form created by Solaris's ocean

Short Answer Questions

1. What experiment does Snow suggest to Kelvin?

2. What does Kelvin tell Rheya about her blood?

3. What does Kelvin propose that the visitors are made of?

4. Why does Sartorius agree to come out?

5. What happens to Kelvin's arm?

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