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

2. How much time has passed since Ye Zhetai's death in the beginning of Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

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

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 jumping into a river.
(d) By driving her car into a tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many regiments comprise the Inner Mongolia Production and Construction Corps, according to the narrator in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

2. When was the book Silent Spring published?

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

4. What setting is established in the opening of Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

5. What did Ye Wenjie study in college?

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