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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. In what year was the beginning of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, according to the narrator in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1959.

2. Who is the director of the Division Political Department that interviews Ye Wenjie in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Director Wen.
(b) Director Lin.
(c) Director Cheng.
(d) Director Zhang.

3. For how long had the Red Union "been attacking the headquarters of the April Twenty-eighth Brigade" when Chapter 1, "The Madness Years" begins?
(a) For six days.
(b) For two days.
(c) For four days.
(d) For two weeks.

4. What is the central focus of the book Silent Spring?
(a) Environmental degradation.
(b) The separation of church and state.
(c) The history of Communism.
(d) The development of Capitalism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What was the codename for China's first test of a three-staged thermonuclear device?

3. What are the May Seventh Cadre Schools described as in the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

4. Who is the base chief engineer who introduces himself to Ye Wenjie in the beginning of Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

5. 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?

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