1. What word from Chapter 28, "The Second Red Coast Base" means to make an idea or cause widely known?
(a) Corrugate.
(b) Promulgate.
(c) Emigrate.
(d) Emulate.

2. What term refers to temporary phenomena on the photosphere of the sun making areas appear dark?
(a) Sunstreams.
(b) Sunspots.
(c) Swirls.
(d) Helium deposits.

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

4. When did Isaac Newton publish his "Principia"?
(a) 1642.
(b) 1711.
(c) 1687.
(d) 1629.

5. For how long had the Red Union "been attacking the headquarters of the April Twenty-eighth Brigade" when Chapter 1, "The Madness Years" begins?
(a) For two days.
(b) For four days.
(c) For two weeks.
(d) For six days.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. When did Copernicus live?

3. When did the name "three-body problem" begin to be commonly used?

4. Who is shot, injured, and taken to the hospital during the conflict in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?

5. With whom does Wei Cheng describe his wife having argued with in the past in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?

(see the answer key)

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