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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much time has passed since Ye Zhetai's death in the beginning of Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
2. How much time has passed in the game when Wang returns to it in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?
3. Ye Wenjie claims that the Red Coast Project failed to establish contact with alien life forms and disbanded after how many years?
4. What literary device is employed in the following sentence from Chapter 1, "The Madness Years": "Their red flags fluttered restlessly around the brigade building like flames yearning for firewood"?
5. How has Professor Ruan Wen committed suicide in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What setting is established in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"? How is it described?
2. What is the significance of the literary allusions to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in the novel?
3. Where is Ye Wenjie taken by helicopter in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"? Why?
4. When did the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution take place? Why is it important in The Three-Body Problem?
5. What does Ye Wenjie remark about potential alien contact in Chapter 14, "Red Coast IV"?
6. Why does Wang Miao visit Ye Wenjie's home in Chapter 8, “Ye Wenjie”?
7. What imagery is described when Wang looks at the sky using the 3K glasses in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?
8. What satellites are described in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?
9. What happens when the Stable Era begins in the Three Body game in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?
10. What subjects does Ye Wenjie study in Chapter 12, "Red Coast II"? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the character of Captain Shi Qiang in The Three-Body Problem. How does Wang Miao know Shi? What is their relationship like? What role does Shi play in the plot of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss Professor Ye Zhetai and the events that occur surrounding him in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years." Why is Ye Zehai being persecuted? Who is persecuting him? How do these events impact Ye Wenjie?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the Stable Eras and the Chaotic Eras on Trisolaris. What causes each of these eras to occur? What attempts are made at predicting the eras? What are the impacts of each passing era?
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