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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Overseas schools for students studying foreign affairs.
(c) Private boarding schools for the elite.
(d) Schools for disabled children.

2. In what year was the beginning of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, according to the narrator in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1966.

3. How long does Mozi predict the coming Stable Era to last in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?
(a) Two years.
(b) Several eons.
(c) Four years.
(d) Six years.

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

5. Where is the space observation center that is run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University's Joint Center for Astrophysics?
(a) Urumqi.
(b) Dongguan.
(c) Wangfujing.
(d) Beijing.

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

7. What literary device is employed in the following sentence from Chapter 1, "The Madness Years": "Their red flags fluttered restlessly around the brigade building like flames yearning for firewood"?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Dramatic irony.

8. When was the WMAP satellite launched?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1983.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2013.

9. How has Professor Ruan Wen committed suicide in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) By hanging herself from a closet door.
(b) By overdosing on sleeping pills.
(c) By driving her car into a tree.
(d) By jumping into a river.

10. What word from Chapter 13, "Red Coast III" refers to leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others?
(a) Anarchy.
(b) Polygamy.
(c) Misogyny.
(d) Hegemony.

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

12. 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"?
(a) 3G glasses.
(b) 3K glasses.
(c) 2K glasses.
(d) 2G glasses.

13. Who holds Ye Wenjie back when she tries to save her father in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) Two janitors.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

14. What year is established in China in the opening of Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1962.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Wen Jie's profession?

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

3. To what team is Ye Wenjie transferred that picks up and analyzes radio signals in Chapter 12, "Red Coast II"?

4. Ye Wenjie discovers in college that it is useless to excel at theory without what in astrophysics?

5. How old was the girl that is described as being gunned down while waving a flag in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

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