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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: "Three Body," Chapters 8-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Wu Han's profession?
(a) Writer.
(b) Painter.
(c) Poet.
(d) Historian.

2. 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) Beijing.
(c) Wangfujing.
(d) Dongguan.

3. 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) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Dramatic irony.

4. What does Captain Shi Qiang admit to Wang Miao in the beginning of Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?
(a) He admits he is a spy for the CIA.
(b) He admits that he has been hired to kill Wang.
(c) He admits he has been following Wang.
(d) He admits to having had an affair with Wang's wife.

5. Where is the United States National Radio Quiet Zone located that the narrator describes in Chapter 13, "Red Coast III"?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York City.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Hollywood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ye Wenjie claims that the Red Coast Project failed to establish contact with alien life forms and disbanded after how many years?

2. How long does Mozi predict the coming Stable Era to last in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?

3. What did Ye Wenjie study in college?

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

5. What field studies celestial objects at radio frequencies?

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