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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "WMAP" stand for in the narrative?
(a) Waterson Microwave Astrophysics Probe.
(b) Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe.
(c) Wangfujing Microwave Astrophysics Probe.
(d) Watson Microwave Astral Probe.

2. To what team is Ye Wenjie transferred that picks up and analyzes radio signals in Chapter 12, "Red Coast II"?
(a) Defense.
(b) History.
(c) Monitoring.
(d) Marketing.

3. Where does Ye Wenjie describe the Chinese Academy of Science's Space Environment Observation Center in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?
(a) Urumqi.
(b) Shenzhen.
(c) Dongguan.
(d) Beijing.

4. What did Ye Wenjie study in college?
(a) Astrophysics.
(b) Chinese history.
(c) Chinese literature.
(d) Biology.

5. Ye Wenjie claims that the Red Coast Project failed to establish contact with alien life forms and disbanded after how many years?
(a) Ten.
(b) 20.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

6. 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) 1989.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1979.

7. What are the May Seventh Cadre Schools described as in the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) Labor camps for Communist re-education.
(b) Private boarding schools for the elite.
(c) Schools for disabled children.
(d) Overseas schools for students studying foreign affairs.

8. Who is the base chief engineer who introduces himself to Ye Wenjie in the beginning of Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) Yan Weining.
(b) Lei Zhicheng.
(c) Cheng Lihua.
(d) Bai Mulin.

9. What term is Wang Miao contemplating from the Three Bodies game in the beginning of Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?
(a) "Lost Era."
(b) "Sentient Era."
(c) "Chaotic Era."
(d) "Secret Agent X-9."

10. Who is the director of the Division Political Department that interviews Ye Wenjie in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Director Lin.
(b) Director Cheng.
(c) Director Zhang.
(d) Director Wen.

11. What field studies celestial objects at radio frequencies?
(a) Relativity astronomy.
(b) Radio astronomy.
(c) Astrophysics.
(d) Nanotechnology.

12. When was the Planck satellite launched?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2013.
(d) 1992.

13. What was the codename for China's first test of a three-staged thermonuclear device?
(a) Test No. 2.
(b) Test No. 6.
(c) Test No. 11.
(d) Test No. 13.

14. Where does Ye Wenjie awaken in the beginning of Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) At her father's house.
(b) On a helicopter.
(c) At the school.
(d) Inside the Red Coast Base.

15. For what publication is Bai Mulin a reporter?
(a) The Chicago Tribune.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Guangming Daily.
(d) The Great Production News.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the source of the papers that are presented to Ye Wenjie in jail in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

2. Whom did Ye Wenjie marry?

3. What is Ye Zhetai's focus as a professor in the novel?

4. Where is the United States National Radio Quiet Zone located that the narrator describes in Chapter 13, "Red Coast III"?

5. Who is Ye Zhetai's wife in the narrative?

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