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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: "Three Body," Chapters 15-20 and Part III: "Sunset for Humanity," Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What weapon did Wei Cheng's wife threaten to kill him with if he did not stop his research in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
(a) A knife.
(b) A machete.
(c) A gun.
(d) A car.

4. During what time period has Wang Miao arrived when he plays the Three Body game in the beginning of Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
(a) The Bronze Age.
(b) The European High Middle Ages.
(c) The Xia dynasty.
(d) The Shang dynasty.

5. What model did Copernicus present of the universe?
(a) A lunocentric model.
(b) A geocentric model.
(c) A omniscient model.
(d) A heliocentric model.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what publication is Bai Mulin a reporter?

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

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

4. When was the Planck satellite launched?

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

(see the answer key)

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