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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. What word refers to the branch of technology dealing with manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale?
(a) Nanotechnology.
(b) Astrophysics.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Neurobiology.

2. How does Ye Wenjie describe having killed two people in the transcript from Chapter 25, "The Deaths of Lei Zhicheng and Yang Weining"?
(a) By cutting ropes while they were working on the face of the mountain.
(b) By using a telescope to crush them while they moved it.
(c) By shooting them.
(d) By hitting them with a van.

3. Wei Cheng reveals that his research on the three-body problem is similar to what method in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
(a) The Turgensy Method.
(b) The Monte Carlo Method.
(c) The Einstein Method.
(d) The Prediction Method.

4. Where does Ye Wenjie describe the Chinese Academy of Science's Space Environment Observation Center in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?
(a) Urumqi.
(b) Shenzhen.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Dongguan.

5. What is the position of the man that Ye Wenjie's mother marries after the Cultural Revolution?
(a) He is a senator.
(b) He is an education minister.
(c) He is a jet pilot.
(d) He is a travel agent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the central focus of the book Silent Spring?

2. For how long is the gate computing system put into place in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?

3. How much money does Mike Evans's father leave him when he dies?

4. When did Ye Wenjie begin testing on strengthening transmissions from Earth by using the sun, according to the narrative in Chapter 22, "Red Coast V"?

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

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