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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time has passed since Ye Zhetai's death in the beginning of Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three years.

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

3. Who is the Political Commissar introduced to Ye Wenjie in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) Cheng Lihua.
(b) Yan Weining.
(c) Bai Mulin.
(d) Lei Zhicheng.

4. What word from Chapter 14, "Red Coast IV" means having mixed feelings about something or someone?
(a) Affluent.
(b) Reticent.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Ambivalent.

5. When was the Planck satellite launched?
(a) 1992.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2013.

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

7. Where is the space observation center that is run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University's Joint Center for Astrophysics?
(a) Wangfujing.
(b) Dongguan.
(c) Urumqi.
(d) Beijing.

8. What does "SETI" refer to in the narrative?
(a) Social Experiment for Terrestrial Intelligence.
(b) Secure External Technological Intelligence.
(c) Standard Experimental Technology Intelligence.
(d) The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence.

9. What does "NATO" stand for?
(a) The National Astrophysics Treaty Organization.
(b) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(c) The Nuclear Alternatives Testing Organization.
(d) The National Academy for Technological Order.

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

11. Who was killed along with Ye Wenjie's husband due to an accident at the base, according to the narrative in Chapter 14, "Red Coast IV"?
(a) Director Zhang.
(b) Bai Mulin.
(c) Lei Zhicheng.
(d) Cheng Lihua.

12. What gift does Ye Wenjie give to Wang Miao when he visits in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?
(a) A harp.
(b) A feather pen.
(c) A puppy.
(d) Ginseng tea.

13. How has Professor Ruan Wen committed suicide in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) By jumping into a river.
(b) By hanging herself from a closet door.
(c) By driving her car into a tree.
(d) By overdosing on sleeping pills.

14. Who is Ye Wenjie's daughter that Wang comes to see her about in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?
(a) Ruan Wen.
(b) Wenxue.
(c) Yang Dong.
(d) Shao Lin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the United States National Radio Quiet Zone located that the narrator describes in Chapter 13, "Red Coast III"?

2. What is the furniture made of that Wang examines at Ye Wenjie's home in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?

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

4. Who is the female military representative from the Intermediate People's Court that visits Ye Wenjie in jail in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

5. What is Ye Zhetai's focus as a professor in the novel?

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