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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: "Silent Spring," Chapters 1-3 and Part II: "Three Body," Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has implicated Ye Wenjie for writing a letter that promotes anti-socialist ideals in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Bai Mulin.
(b) Shao Lin.
(c) Ruan Wen.
(d) Cheng Lihua.

2. Who is the source of the papers that are presented to Ye Wenjie in jail in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Xine.
(b) Ruan Wen.
(c) Shao Lin.
(d) Wenxue.

3. What is the organization that controls China's nuclear missiles, according to the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) The Second Artillery Corps.
(b) The First Artillery Corps.
(c) The Seventh Artillery Corps.
(d) The Third Artillery Corps.

4. Who is the author of the book Silent Spring?
(a) Matilda Smith.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) Rachel Carson.
(d) James Joyce.

5. What is the central focus of the book Silent Spring?
(a) Environmental degradation.
(b) The development of Capitalism.
(c) The separation of church and state.
(d) The history of Communism.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what publication is Bai Mulin a reporter?

2. Who beats Ye Zhetai to death in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

3. What was the codename for China's first test of a three-staged thermonuclear device?

4. What are the May Seventh Cadre Schools described as in the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

5. How much time has passed since Ye Zhetai's death in the beginning of Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

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