View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: "Silent Spring," Chapters 1-3 and Part II: "Three Body," Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the codename for China's first test of a three-staged thermonuclear device?
(a) Test No. 6.
(b) Test No. 11.
(c) Test No. 13.
(d) Test No. 2.

2. What did Ye Wenjie study in college?
(a) Chinese literature.
(b) Chinese history.
(c) Biology.
(d) Astrophysics.

3. Who is the female military representative from the Intermediate People's Court that visits Ye Wenjie in jail in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Rachel Carson.
(b) Cheng Lihua.
(c) Shao Lin.
(d) Bai Mulin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary device is employed in the following sentence from Chapter 1, "The Madness Years": "Their red flags fluttered restlessly around the brigade building like flames yearning for firewood"?

2. Who is the author of the book Silent Spring?

3. What are the May Seventh Cadre Schools described as in the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 252 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample