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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Kelvin uncertain about participating in Sartorius' experiment?
(a) He is afraid that he will unconsciously wish Rheya away.
(b) He is afraid the scientists will use the experiment to destroy Rheya.
(c) He is afraid the experiment will not work.
(d) He is afraid that Solaris will affect his mind.

2. What does Sartorius ask Kelvin to think about during the electroencephalogram?
(a) images from his childhood
(b) his innermost conflicts
(c) mankind's rich scientific history
(d) a wish to make the visitors disappear

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

4. What does Snow suggest is the reason Rheya is beautiful?
(a) to make Kelvin miss the real Rheya
(b) to make Kelvin want her to stay with him
(c) to make Kelvin angered and horrified
(d) to make Kelvin forget the real Rheya

5. Who is the second person Kelvin thinks of during the brainwave recording?
(a) Shannahan
(b) Giese
(c) Berton
(d) Gibarian

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of god does Kelvin ask Snow if he's ever heard of?

2. When does Rheya say was the only time she lied to him?

3. What does Rheya believe she was created to do?

4. Why does Rheya try to kill herself?

5. What did Kelvin's thesis compare?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the ocean as Kelvin sees it, after leaving the research station for the first time.

2. What does Snow call Rheya?

3. What can't Kelvin find, when he wakes in the morning?

4. Does Snow believe Kelvin when Kelvin says he loves Rheya?

5. How does Snow describe Rheya's final moments?

6. How does Rheya sign her suicide note?

7. What does Rheya say in her suicide note?

8. What reasons does Kelvin have not to tell Rheya what she wants to know?

9. How does Kelvin imagine his return to Earth?

10. What formation does Kelvin see as the ship travels to the polar region of Solaris?

(see the answer keys)

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