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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. 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) 1966.
(d) 1972.

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

3. What word from Chapter 14, "Red Coast IV" means having mixed feelings about something or someone?
(a) Ambivalent.
(b) Affluent.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Reticent.

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

5. How much time has passed since Ye Zhetai's death in the beginning of Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Six months.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three years.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How has Professor Ruan Wen committed suicide in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

5. How many regiments comprise the Inner Mongolia Production and Construction Corps, according to the narrator in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

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