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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: "Sunset for Humanity," Chapters 22-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word refers to the branch of technology dealing with manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale?
(a) Astrophysics.
(b) Neurobiology.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Nanotechnology.

2. When did Copernicus live?
(a) 1564-1642.
(b) 1473-1543.
(c) 540-500 BC.
(d) 1452-1519.

3. When did the name "three-body problem" begin to be commonly used?
(a) The 1550s.
(b) The 1620s.
(c) THe 1820s.
(d) The 1740s.

4. Who has implicated Ye Wenjie for writing a letter that promotes anti-socialist ideals in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Ruan Wen.
(b) Cheng Lihua.
(c) Shao Lin.
(d) Bai Mulin.

5. What does "SETI" refer to in the narrative?
(a) The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence.
(b) Social Experiment for Terrestrial Intelligence.
(c) Secure External Technological Intelligence.
(d) Standard Experimental Technology Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a woman claim the spheres are that make up the three-body problem model in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?

2. What do the second and third suns appear to be from a distance in the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?

3. What does the first extraterrestrial that contacts Ye Wenjie claim to be in Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?

4. Where is the space observation center that is run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University's Joint Center for Astrophysics?

5. Who beats Ye Zhetai to death in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

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