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

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

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 two weeks.
(b) For four days.
(c) For six days.
(d) For two days.

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

5. From what belief system does the translator note the term "Monsters and Demons" is derived in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Islam.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Buddhism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Political Commissar introduced to Ye Wenjie in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

2. For what publication is Bai Mulin a reporter?

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"?

4. When was the book Silent Spring published?

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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