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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Ye Zhetai's focus as a professor in the novel?
(a) Physics.
(b) History.
(c) Literature.
(d) Poetry.

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

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

5. What was the profession of Fu Lei?
(a) Translator and critic.
(b) Actor.
(c) Writer.
(d) Painter.

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

7. What was Wen Jie's profession?
(a) Sculptor.
(b) Painter.
(c) Poet.
(d) Chemist.

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

9. What civilization is said to be lost when the scorching sun arrives in the game in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?
(a) Civilization 242.
(b) Civilization 99.
(c) Civilization 141.
(d) Civilization 311.

10. Ye Wenjie claims that the Red Coast Project failed to establish contact with alien life forms and disbanded after how many years?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) 20.
(d) Five.

11. What is the organization that controls China's nuclear missiles, according to the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) The Seventh Artillery Corps.
(b) The Second Artillery Corps.
(c) The First Artillery Corps.
(d) The Third Artillery Corps.

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

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

14. Who is the source of the papers that are presented to Ye Wenjie in jail in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Wenxue.
(b) Xine.
(c) Ruan Wen.
(d) Shao Lin.

15. How much time has passed in the game when Wang returns to it in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?
(a) Several eons.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Six days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "NATO" stand for?

2. What does "WMAP" stand for in the narrative?

3. When does the narrator describe the implementation of the OZMAII plan in Chapter 13, "Red Coast III"?

4. Whom did Ye Wenjie marry?

5. What word refers to the branch of technology dealing with manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale?

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