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

2. When did Einstein visit Shanghai, according to the narrative in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1932.

3. What is the computer systems called that Ye Wenjie uses to keep an eye on enemy spacecraft and operations in Chapter 12, "Red Coast II"?
(a) MITRON.
(b) YUTRON.
(c) AMTRON.
(d) FORTRAN.

4. For how long had the Red Union "been attacking the headquarters of the April Twenty-eighth Brigade" when Chapter 1, "The Madness Years" begins?
(a) For two days.
(b) For two weeks.
(c) For six days.
(d) For four days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Ye Wenjie give to Wang Miao when he visits in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?

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

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

4. What field studies celestial objects at radio frequencies?

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

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