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

2. When was the book Silent Spring published?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1953.

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

4. What did Ye Wenjie study in college?
(a) Chinese history.
(b) Biology.
(c) Chinese literature.
(d) Astrophysics.

5. Who has implicated Ye Wenjie for writing a letter that promotes anti-socialist ideals in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Shao Lin.
(b) Cheng Lihua.
(c) Bai Mulin.
(d) Ruan Wen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time has passed since Ye Zhetai's death in the beginning of Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

2. In what year was the beginning of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, according to the narrator in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

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

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

5. What scientific paper is presented to Ye Wenjie as one that she wrote in 1966 in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

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