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

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

3. What year is established in China in the opening of Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1959.

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

5. Who is the Political Commissar introduced to Ye Wenjie in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) Yan Weining.
(b) Bai Mulin.
(c) Lei Zhicheng.
(d) Cheng Lihua.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the United States National Radio Quiet Zone located that the narrator describes in Chapter 13, "Red Coast III"?

2. What was the profession held by Hai Mo?

3. When was the WMAP satellite launched?

4. Who beats Ye Zhetai to death in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

5. What field studies celestial objects at radio frequencies?

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