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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: "Three Body," Chapters 8-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ye Wenjie discovers in college that it is useless to excel at theory without what in astrophysics?

2. When was the WMAP satellite launched?

3. 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"?

4. What is the organization that controls China's nuclear missiles, according to the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

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?

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