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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Captain Shi Qiang admit to Wang Miao in the beginning of Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?
(a) He admits he is a spy for the CIA.
(b) He admits that he has been hired to kill Wang.
(c) He admits he has been following Wang.
(d) He admits to having had an affair with Wang's wife.

4. Who beats Ye Zhetai to death in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) Two old men.
(b) Three young men.
(c) Two young girls.
(d) Four teenage girls.

5. Who holds Ye Wenjie back when she tries to save her father in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Two janitors.

6. Who is the author of the book Silent Spring?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Rachel Carson.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Matilda Smith.

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

8. How long does Mozi predict the coming Stable Era to last in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?
(a) Several eons.
(b) Six years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Two years.

9. Whom did Ye Wenjie marry?
(a) Bai Mulin.
(b) Yang Dong.
(c) Ruan Wen.
(d) Yang Weining.

10. What are the May Seventh Cadre Schools described as in the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) Private boarding schools for the elite.
(b) Schools for disabled children.
(c) Overseas schools for students studying foreign affairs.
(d) Labor camps for Communist re-education.

11. Who has implicated Ye Wenjie for writing a letter that promotes anti-socialist ideals in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Bai Mulin.
(b) Shao Lin.
(c) Cheng Lihua.
(d) Ruan Wen.

12. What year is established in China in the opening of Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1971.

13. 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) Bai Mulin.
(b) Cheng Lihua.
(c) Director Zhang.
(d) Lei Zhicheng.

14. In what year was the beginning of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, according to the narrator in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1955.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to scientific research aimed to improve theories for better understanding or prediction of natural or other phenomena?

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

3. When did Einstein visit Shanghai, according to the narrative in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

4. What did Ye Wenjie study in college?

5. When was the WMAP satellite launched?

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