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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) "Chaotic Era."
(b) "Lost Era."
(c) "Secret Agent X-9."
(d) "Sentient Era."

2. What is the furniture made of that Wang examines at Ye Wenjie's home in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?
(a) Tree branches and stumps.
(b) Stone and metal wiring.
(c) Silver and jade.
(d) Brass and gold.

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

4. Where does Ye Wenjie awaken in the beginning of Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) At her father's house.
(b) Inside the Red Coast Base.
(c) On a helicopter.
(d) At the school.

5. 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"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Dramatic irony.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as Ye Wenjie's astrophysics professor at her alma mater in Chapter 14, "Red Coast IV"?

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

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

4. 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"?

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

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