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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 term is Wang Miao contemplating from the Three Bodies game in the beginning of Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?
(a) "Lost Era."
(b) "Secret Agent X-9."
(c) "Sentient Era."
(d) "Chaotic Era."

2. What is the organization that controls China's nuclear missiles, according to the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) The Second Artillery Corps.
(b) The First Artillery Corps.
(c) The Seventh Artillery Corps.
(d) The Third Artillery Corps.

3. What was the profession of Fu Lei?
(a) Painter.
(b) Actor.
(c) Translator and critic.
(d) Writer.

4. What term refers to scientific research aimed to improve theories for better understanding or prediction of natural or other phenomena?
(a) Promontory research.
(b) Cognitive research.
(c) Fundamental research.
(d) Applied research.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the director of the Division Political Department that interviews Ye Wenjie in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

2. What is the computer systems called that Ye Wenjie uses to keep an eye on enemy spacecraft and operations in Chapter 12, "Red Coast II"?

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?

4. When was the book Silent Spring published?

5. What types of centers does Captain Shi Qiang describe all around the world and working together in Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?

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