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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: "Three Body," Chapters 15-20 and Part III: "Sunset for Humanity," Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is discovered to have been murdered in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
(a) Yang Weining.
(b) Shen Yufei.
(c) Yang Dong.
(d) Bai Mulin.

2. Ye Wenjie discovers in college that it is useless to excel at theory without what in astrophysics?
(a) Existential understanding.
(b) Historical understanding.
(c) An understanding of ratios.
(d) Experimental practice.

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

4. What term refers to scientific research aimed to improve theories for better understanding or prediction of natural or other phenomena?
(a) Promontory research.
(b) Cognitive research.
(c) Applied research.
(d) Fundamental research.

5. When did Leonardo da Vinci live?
(a) 1564-1642.
(b) 540-500 BC.
(c) 1624-1700.
(d) 1452-1519.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 14, "Red Coast IV" means having mixed feelings about something or someone?

2. Who is described as Ye Wenjie's astrophysics professor at her alma mater in Chapter 14, "Red Coast IV"?

3. What field studies celestial objects at radio frequencies?

4. What was Wen Jie's profession?

5. 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"?

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