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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: "Three Body," Chapters 8-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scientific paper is presented to Ye Wenjie as one that she wrote in 1966 in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) "Focus Series on Density Matrix Reformalization."
(b) "Ergodic-nonergodic Transition in Tapped Granular Systems: The Role of Persistent Conacts."
(c) "Fluctuation-induced Transport, from the Very Small to the Very Large Scales."
(d) "The Possible Existence of Phase Boundaries Within the Solar Radiation Zone and Their Reflective Characteristics."

2. Ye Wenjie discovers in college that it is useless to excel at theory without what in astrophysics?
(a) Experimental practice.
(b) An understanding of ratios.
(c) Existential understanding.
(d) Historical understanding.

3. What year is established in China in the opening of Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1962.

4. Who is Ye Zhetai's wife in the narrative?
(a) Shao Lin.
(b) Cheng Lihua.
(c) Ye Wenjie.
(d) Ruan Wen.

5. What does Captain Shi Qiang tell Wang he believes someone is working behind the scenes to accomplish in Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?
(a) To cause a world war.
(b) To ruin scientific research.
(c) To undermine the government.
(d) To accelerate scientific research.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what publication is Bai Mulin a reporter?

2. What does Captain Shi Qiang admit to Wang Miao in the beginning of Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?

3. What was the profession held by Hai Mo?

4. Who launched the Planck satellite, according to the narrator in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?

5. Where is the Saint Joseph's Church that Wang Miao goes to in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?

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