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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: "Sunset for Humanity," Chapters 29-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to scientific research aimed to improve theories for better understanding or prediction of natural or other phenomena?
(a) Applied research.
(b) Promontory research.
(c) Cognitive research.
(d) Fundamental research.

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

3. When was the WMAP satellite launched?
(a) 2013.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1983.
(d) 2003.

4. Who is the author of the book Silent Spring?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Rachel Carson.
(d) Matilda Smith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Shi Qiang admit to Wang Miao in the beginning of Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?

2. With whom is Leibniz dueling in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?

3. Where two historically important telescopes are contained at the Mount Wilson Observatory?

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

5. 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"?

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