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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 money does Mike Evans's father leave him when he dies?

2. During what years did the Cultural Revolution take place in China?

3. What is the position of the man that Ye Wenjie's mother marries after the Cultural Revolution?

4. Who set China's Cultural Revolution into place?

5. When did Isaac Newton publish his "Principia"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ye Wenjie confess in the transcripts from Chapter 25, "The Deaths of Lei Zhicheng and Yang Weining"?

2. What does Ye Wenjie's discovery involving "energy mirrors" mean for her work in Chapter 22, "Red Coast V"?

3. When does Ye Wenjie begin sending messages to space? What response does she receive?

4. What argument does Cheng describe overhearing between Pan Han and his wife in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?

5. What does Wei Cheng reveal about his research in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?

6. What is described as one of the biggest challenges for the Red Coast Base in Chapter 22, "Red Coast V"?

7. What happens at the conclusion of Wang's session playing the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?

8. Why does Ye Wenjie not visit her mother after leaving the Red Coast Base?

9. How does Pan Han explain the purpose of the Three Body game in Chapter 18, "Meet-Up"?

10. What is revealed in the extraterrestrial message Ye Wenjie receives in Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the three-body problem in physics and discuss how it applies in this novel. What are the components of the three-body problem? How does it apply to Trisolaris? What research is described on this problem in 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

How does Ye Wenjie first manage to contact the Trisolarans? How long does it take for them to reply? What is revealed in their reply?

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