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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When was the Planck satellite launched?
(a) 1992.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2013.
2. What was Wu Han's profession?
(a) Historian.
(b) Writer.
(c) Painter.
(d) Poet.
3. Who is Ye Wenjie's daughter that Wang comes to see her about in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?
(a) Yang Dong.
(b) Ruan Wen.
(c) Shao Lin.
(d) Wenxue.
4. What is the central focus of the book Silent Spring?
(a) The history of Communism.
(b) Environmental degradation.
(c) The separation of church and state.
(d) The development of Capitalism.
5. Where is the Saint Joseph's Church that Wang Miao goes to in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?
(a) Dongguan.
(b) Shenzhen.
(c) Urumqi.
(d) Wangfujing.
Short Answer Questions
1. What field studies celestial objects at radio frequencies?
2. In what year was the beginning of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, according to the narrator in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
3. Who was killed along with Ye Wenjie's husband due to an accident at the base, according to the narrative in Chapter 14, "Red Coast IV"?
4. Who is the female military representative from the Intermediate People's Court that visits Ye Wenjie in jail in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
5. What scientific paper is presented to Ye Wenjie as one that she wrote in 1966 in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What setting is established in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"? What has brought Ye Wenjie to this location?
2. What is the "microwave background" and how is it described in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?
3. What is revealed in the "Translator's Notes" in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
4. What setting is described when Wang logs onto the Three Body game in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?
5. Why does Wang Miao visit Ye Wenjie's home in Chapter 8, “Ye Wenjie”?
6. What satellites are described in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?
7. What setting is established in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"? How is it described?
8. What is the significance of the literary allusions to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in the novel?
9. Where is Ye Wenjie taken by helicopter in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"? Why?
10. What does Shi relate to Wang regarding the academic community in Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?
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