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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: "Sunset for Humanity," Chapters 22-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Planck satellite launched?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2013.
(c) 1992.
(d) 2001.

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

3. What does Ye Wenjie begin doing with the locals near the base of the Red Coast in Chapter 26, "No One Repents"?
(a) She begins firing them.
(b) She begins tutoring them.
(c) She begins buying fruit from them.
(d) She begins hiring them.

4. What is the central focus of the book Silent Spring?
(a) Environmental degradation.
(b) The development of Capitalism.
(c) The separation of church and state.
(d) The history of Communism.

5. 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) 1989.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1993.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, "The Madness Years" the translator notes some of the most famous intellectuals who committed suicide during the Cultural Revolution. Among these is Lao She. What was She's profession?

2. What was the codename for China's first test of a three-staged thermonuclear device?

3. How old was the girl that is described as being gunned down while waving a flag in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

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

5. How much time has passed since Ye Zhetai's death in the beginning of Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

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