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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kelvin overhear Rheya do in the middle of the night?
(a) wrap a package in paper
(b) whisper at the window to the ocean
(c) cry in the corner of the room
(d) talk to someone in the hall

2. What do Snow and Kelvin send to Earth?
(a) new data gathered from the ocean storm
(b) an electroencephalogram
(c) a ship's log
(d) a report of the events

3. How long will it take to receive a reply from Earth?
(a) hours
(b) months
(c) days
(d) years

4. When does Snow say the experiment will be ready?
(a) in two or three days
(b) that day
(c) in a week
(d) in a month

5. What does Snow say might happen if Kelvin leaves with Rheya?
(a) Rheya will disintegrate.
(b) Rheya will disappear and reappear on the station.
(c) Rheya will come to despise him.
(d) Rheya will turn violent.

6. What are Kelvin's brainwaves recorded onto?
(a) metal sheets
(b) magnetic tape
(c) film
(d) punch cards

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

8. What does Kelvin try to do after Rheya tries to kill herself?
(a) run away from her
(b) choke her
(c) hold her
(d) kiss her

9. What does Rheya give Kelvin before he goes to sleep after he asks what she's doing in the night?
(a) potent wine
(b) strangely colored water
(c) chalky seeming milk
(d) bitter-tasting juice

10. What does Snow tell Kelvin when Kelvin regains consciousness after he finds Rheya missing?
(a) Rheya is returning soon.
(b) Rheya is locked away.
(c) Rheya is imaginary.
(d) Rheya is dead.

11. When does Snow say that the visitors first appeared?
(a) after the scientists performed X-ray experiments
(b) after an explosion in Solaris's ocean depths
(c) after an explosion near the surface of Solaris
(d) after the scientists performed microwave experiments

12. What makes Rheya nervous about Snow?
(a) He twitches all the time.
(b) He yells at her.
(c) He looks at her strangely.
(d) He does not want to touch her.

13. What does Kelvin say when Rheya asks if he would marry, if she were gone?
(a) He says he would probably marry.
(b) He says he doesn't know.
(c) He says he would never marry.
(d) He says he might marry, but not soon.

14. What does Snow say that Kelvin is doing, which Gibarian also did?
(a) talking too much
(b) not sleeping
(c) not shaving
(d) reading too much

15. Why does Kelvin make his argument?
(a) Kelvin secretly believes all the visitors have rights.
(b) Kelvin does not want to endanger himself, Snow, or Sartorius.
(c) Kelvin secretly does not want Rheya destroyed.
(d) Kelvin secretly has a plan to destroy only Rheya.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Rheya when Kelvin wakes up with a fuzzy head after being drugged?

2. What does Snow say is the result of Sartorius' experiment?

3. What does Kelvin suddenly decide to do?

4. During the period after the experiment, how does Snow communicate with Kelvin?

5. What does Snow suggest is the reason Rheya is beautiful?

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