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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the space observation center that is run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University's Joint Center for Astrophysics?
(a) Wangfujing.
(b) Dongguan.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Urumqi.

2. What was the profession held by Hai Mo?
(a) Screenwriter and novelist.
(b) Butcher.
(c) Newspaper reporter.
(d) Chemist.

3. When did Einstein visit Shanghai, according to the narrative in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1932.

4. Who is the source of the papers that are presented to Ye Wenjie in jail in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Shao Lin.
(b) Ruan Wen.
(c) Xine.
(d) Wenxue.

5. What does "NATO" stand for?
(a) The National Astrophysics Treaty Organization.
(b) The National Academy for Technological Order.
(c) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
(d) The Nuclear Alternatives Testing Organization.

6. What word from Chapter 14, "Red Coast IV" means having mixed feelings about something or someone?
(a) Ambivalent.
(b) Reticent.
(c) Affluent.
(d) Articulate.

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

8. What was Wu Han's profession?
(a) Painter.
(b) Poet.
(c) Writer.
(d) Historian.

9. What does "WMAP" stand for in the narrative?
(a) Watson Microwave Astral Probe.
(b) Waterson Microwave Astrophysics Probe.
(c) Wangfujing Microwave Astrophysics Probe.
(d) Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe.

10. When does the narrator describe the implementation of the OZMAII plan in Chapter 13, "Red Coast III"?
(a) 1945.
(b) 2011.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1911.

11. Who holds Ye Wenjie back when she tries to save her father in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Two janitors.
(d) Her uncle.

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

13. Who launched the Planck satellite, according to the narrator in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?
(a) The United States Space Agency.
(b) The European Space Agency.
(c) The Chinese Space Agency.
(d) The Russian Space Agency.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term refers to scientific research aimed to improve theories for better understanding or prediction of natural or other phenomena?

3. 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"?

4. For what publication is Bai Mulin a reporter?

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

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