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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason does the narrator describe Ye Wenjie accepting her marriage proposal in Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?
(a) Out of gratitude for his having taken her from her family.
(b) Out of fear for reprisal.
(c) Out of gratitude in his having saved her life.
(d) Because her family forced her to marry.

2. When did Isaac Newton publish his "Principia"?
(a) 1687.
(b) 1629.
(c) 1642.
(d) 1711.

3. What has the Great Pyramid been replaced with in the Three Body game in Chapter 19, "Three Body: Einstein, the Pendulum Monument, and the Great Rip"?
(a) The Eiffel Tower.
(b) The United States World Trace Center.
(c) An ancient castle.
(d) The United Nations Headquarters.

4. What civilization is destroyed in the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
(a) Civilization 83.
(b) Civilization 183.
(c) Civilization 193.
(d) Civilization 103.

5. What does a woman claim the spheres are that make up the three-body problem model in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?
(a) Telescopes.
(b) Radio transmitters.
(c) Nuclear bombs.
(d) Radiators.

6. What term does Mike Evans use to describe his support for animal rights in Chapter 27, "Evans"?
(a) "Pan-Species Communism."
(b) "Pan-Species Naturalism."
(c) "Pan-Species Culturalism."
(d) "Pan-Species Idealism."

7. When do the individuals who killed Ye Wenjie's father say their idealism faded in Chapter 26, "No One Repents"?
(a) When they were sent to the countryside.
(b) When they were sent to the city.
(c) When they learned about nanotechnology research.
(d) When they met American ambassadors.

8. What causes the Mount Wilson Observatory to have more natural steady air than any location in North America?
(a) A light refractor around its surface.
(b) A natural wind coverage.
(c) A dead zone for radio signals.
(d) An inversion layer that traps smog.

9. What is the mean radius of the Earth's sun?
(a) 432,450 miles.
(b) 982,450 miles.
(c) 332,250 miles.
(d) 362,450 miles.

10. What is the position of the man that Ye Wenjie's mother marries after the Cultural Revolution?
(a) He is a jet pilot.
(b) He is an education minister.
(c) He is a travel agent.
(d) He is a senator.

11. During what years did the Cultural Revolution take place in China?
(a) 1962-1972.
(b) 1982-1990.
(c) 1966-1976.
(d) 1969-1980.

12. What planet's rotation swings are discussed as observed from the Mount Wilson Observatory in Chapter 22, "Red Coast V"?
(a) Jupiter's.
(b) Pluto's.
(c) Neptune's.
(d) Mars's.

13. Who is attempting to break up the dual when Wang enters the Three Body game in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?
(a) Xu Bingbing.
(b) John Harrison.
(c) Wenxue.
(d) Von Neumann.

14. When did Aristotle live?
(a) 540-500 BC.
(b) 450-400 BC.
(c) 322-299 BC.
(d) 384-322 BC.

15. How much money does Mike Evans's father leave him when he dies?
(a) $2.5 billion.
(b) $4.5 billion.
(c) $6.5 billion.
(d) $2 billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invented the Marine chronometer?

2. What is the planet that is the focus in the Three Body game?

3. For how long is the gate computing system put into place in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?

4. How many troops does Emperor Qin Shi Huan order to participate in the gate computing system in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?

5. Who is Shen Yufei's husband?

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