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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where is the Saint Joseph's Church that Wang Miao goes to in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?
(a) Dongguan.
(b) Wangfujing.
(c) Shenzhen.
(d) Urumqi.

6. What was Wu Han's profession?
(a) Historian.
(b) Poet.
(c) Painter.
(d) Writer.

7. 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) 1955.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1972.

8. What does "WMAP" stand for in the narrative?
(a) Watson Microwave Astral Probe.
(b) Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe.
(c) Waterson Microwave Astrophysics Probe.
(d) Wangfujing Microwave Astrophysics Probe.

9. What types of centers does Captain Shi Qiang describe all around the world and working together in Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?
(a) Astral Command Centers.
(b) Research Command Centers.
(c) Battle Command Centers.
(d) Government Command Centers.

10. 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) "Lost Era."
(c) "Chaotic Era."
(d) "Sentient Era."

11. From what belief system does the translator note the term "Monsters and Demons" is derived in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Islam.
(d) Buddhism.

12. 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.

13. At the National Astronomical Center at the Space Observation Center, Sha Ruishan examines data from three satellites. When was the COBE launched, according to the narrator in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1989.

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

15. Who is the base chief engineer who introduces himself to Ye Wenjie in the beginning of Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
(a) Yan Weining.
(b) Cheng Lihua.
(c) Lei Zhicheng.
(d) Bai Mulin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the profession held by Hai Mo?

2. When was the Planck satellite launched?

3. Who launched the Planck satellite, according to the narrator in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?

4. Where does Ye Wenjie awaken in the beginning of Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

5. Ye Wenjie claims that the Red Coast Project failed to establish contact with alien life forms and disbanded after how many years?

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