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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 does "SETI" refer to in the narrative?
(a) Social Experiment for Terrestrial Intelligence.
(b) The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence.
(c) Standard Experimental Technology Intelligence.
(d) Secure External Technological Intelligence.

2. What is the organization that controls China's nuclear missiles, according to the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) The First Artillery Corps.
(b) The Seventh Artillery Corps.
(c) The Second Artillery Corps.
(d) The Third Artillery Corps.

3. How many regiments comprise the Inner Mongolia Production and Construction Corps, according to the narrator in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) 41.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 32.

4. What is the furniture made of that Wang examines at Ye Wenjie's home in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?
(a) Tree branches and stumps.
(b) Stone and metal wiring.
(c) Brass and gold.
(d) Silver and jade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ye Wenjie describe the Chinese Academy of Science's Space Environment Observation Center in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?

2. 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?

3. What did Ye Wenjie study in college?

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?

5. What word from Chapter 13, "Red Coast III" refers to leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others?

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