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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: "Silent Spring," Chapters 1-3 and Part II: "Three Body," Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Ye Zhetai's focus as a professor in the novel?
(a) Poetry.
(b) History.
(c) Literature.
(d) Physics.

3. 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"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Dramatic irony.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Simile.

4. Who is the source of the papers that are presented to Ye Wenjie in jail in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Xine.
(b) Ruan Wen.
(c) Wenxue.
(d) Shao Lin.

5. What was the codename for China's first test of a three-staged thermonuclear device?
(a) Test No. 2.
(b) Test No. 6.
(c) Test No. 11.
(d) Test No. 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who holds Ye Wenjie back when she tries to save her father in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

2. Who is the female military representative from the Intermediate People's Court that visits Ye Wenjie in jail in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

3. What was the profession of Fu Lei?

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

5. From what belief system does the translator note the term "Monsters and Demons" is derived in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

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