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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. How old are three of the four girls that killed Ye Wenjie's father when she tracks them down in Chapter 26, "No One Repents"?
(a) In their thirties.
(b) In their twenties.
(c) In their fifties.
(d) In their forties.

2. What are the May Seventh Cadre Schools described as in the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) Private boarding schools for the elite.
(b) Labor camps for Communist re-education.
(c) Schools for disabled children.
(d) Overseas schools for students studying foreign affairs.

3. Shi Qiang takes Wang Miao to see an area of farmland plagued by what creatures in Chapter 34, "Bugs"?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Pine beetles.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Sage beetles.

4. What was Wen Jie's profession?
(a) Chemist.
(b) Painter.
(c) Sculptor.
(d) Poet.

5. What warning is repeated several times in the first message that Ye Wenjie receives from an extraterrestrial in Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?
(a) "Send help!"
(b) "Prepare for war!"
(c) "Do not answer!"
(d) "Reply immediately!"

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the book Silent Spring published?

2. Where is the Mount Wilson Observatory located?

3. What does "NATO" stand for?

4. What is Ye Zhetai's focus as a professor in the novel?

5. Who leads the soldiers that set upon the meeting of the Three Body players in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?

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