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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: "Sunset for Humanity," Chapters 22-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who invented the Marine chronometer?
(a) John Harrison.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Rachel Carson.
(d) Isaac Newton.

2. When did Gottfried Leibniz live?
(a) 1729-1759.
(b) 1811-1900.
(c) 1629-1689.
(d) 1646-1716.

3. Where is the Second Red Coast Base that Mike Evans brings Ye Wenjie to in Chapter 28, "The Second Red Coast Base"?
(a) Deep in an Aztec jungle.
(b) On top of a massive volcano.
(c) Floating on a ship at sea.
(d) Atop an Egyptian pyramid.

4. To what team is Ye Wenjie transferred that picks up and analyzes radio signals in Chapter 12, "Red Coast II"?
(a) History.
(b) Marketing.
(c) Monitoring.
(d) Defense.

5. What civilization is destroyed in the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
(a) Civilization 183.
(b) Civilization 103.
(c) Civilization 193.
(d) Civilization 83.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the space observation center that is run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University's Joint Center for Astrophysics?

2. In what vehicle does the assassin escape in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?

3. Who set China's Cultural Revolution into place?

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

5. How many stable configurations has Wei Cheng's algorithm uncovered for the three bodies, according to the narrative in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?

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