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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: "Sunset for Humanity," Chapters 22-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the Mount Wilson Observatory to have more natural steady air than any location in North America?
(a) A light refractor around its surface.
(b) A dead zone for radio signals.
(c) An inversion layer that traps smog.
(d) A natural wind coverage.

2. At the National Astronomical Center at the Space Observation Center, Sha Ruishan examines data from three satellites. When was the COBE launched, according to the narrator in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1963.

3. How does Ye Wenjie describe having killed two people in the transcript from Chapter 25, "The Deaths of Lei Zhicheng and Yang Weining"?
(a) By shooting them.
(b) By using a telescope to crush them while they moved it.
(c) By hitting them with a van.
(d) By cutting ropes while they were working on the face of the mountain.

4. At whose office does Wang Miao meet the computer specialist from the Information Security Division and Shen Yufei's husband in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
(a) At Shi Qiang's office.
(b) At Cheng Lihua's office.
(c) At Yang Dong's office.
(d) At Bai Mulin's office.

5. With whom does Wei Cheng describe his wife having argued with in the past in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
(a) Yang Weining.
(b) Bai Mulin.
(c) Pan Han.
(d) Xu Bingbing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to scientific research aimed to improve theories for better understanding or prediction of natural or other phenomena?

2. What does Sha Ruishan give to Wang Miao to enable him to see the microwave background on their research in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?

3. Who is shot, injured, and taken to the hospital during the conflict in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?

4. For how long is the gate computing system put into place in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?

5. Wei Cheng reveals that his research on the three-body problem is similar to what method in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?

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