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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who beats Ye Zhetai to death in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) Four teenage girls.
(b) Three young men.
(c) Two old men.
(d) Two young girls.

2. Who is the Political Commissar introduced to Ye Wenjie in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) Yan Weining.
(b) Lei Zhicheng.
(c) Cheng Lihua.
(d) Bai Mulin.

3. What satellite is launched at the Red Coast in Chapter 12, "Red Coast II"?
(a) The Magellan satellite.
(b) The KH-9 satellite.
(c) The Kopernik-500 satellite.
(d) The MPLM-3 satellite.

4. What was the profession of Fu Lei?
(a) Writer.
(b) Actor.
(c) Painter.
(d) Translator and critic.

5. 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) "Secret Agent X-9."
(d) "Chaotic Era."

6. What gift does Ye Wenjie give to Wang Miao when he visits in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?
(a) A harp.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A feather pen.
(d) Ginseng tea.

7. Who launched the Planck satellite, according to the narrator in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?
(a) The United States Space Agency.
(b) The Chinese Space Agency.
(c) The Russian Space Agency.
(d) The European Space Agency.

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

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

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

11. In Chapter 1, "The Madness Years" the translator notes some of the most famous intellectuals who committed suicide during the Cultural Revolution. Among these is Lao She. What was She's profession?
(a) Writer.
(b) Painter.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Chemist.

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

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

14. From what belief system does the translator note the term "Monsters and Demons" is derived in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) Islam.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Buddhism.

15. What scientific paper is presented to Ye Wenjie as one that she wrote in 1966 in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) "Focus Series on Density Matrix Reformalization."
(b) "Ergodic-nonergodic Transition in Tapped Granular Systems: The Role of Persistent Conacts."
(c) "The Possible Existence of Phase Boundaries Within the Solar Radiation Zone and Their Reflective Characteristics."
(d) "Fluctuation-induced Transport, from the Very Small to the Very Large Scales."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who holds Ye Wenjie back when she tries to save her father in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

2. For how long had the Red Union "been attacking the headquarters of the April Twenty-eighth Brigade" when Chapter 1, "The Madness Years" begins?

3. What setting is established in the opening of Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

4. What does "WMAP" stand for in the narrative?

5. Who is Ye Wenjie's daughter that Wang comes to see her about in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?

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