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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ye Wenjie go to work after the Red Coast Base closes?
(a) Peking University.
(b) Fudan University.
(c) Zheijang University.
(d) Tsinghua University.

2. When did Leonardo da Vinci live?
(a) 1624-1700.
(b) 540-500 BC.
(c) 1564-1642.
(d) 1452-1519.

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

4. What does Ye Wenjie begin doing with the locals near the base of the Red Coast in Chapter 26, "No One Repents"?
(a) She begins buying fruit from them.
(b) She begins firing them.
(c) She begins tutoring them.
(d) She begins hiring them.

5. What position does Mike Evans grant to Ye Wenjie in Chapter 28, "The Second Red Coast Base"?
(a) Commander-in-Chief of the Earth-Trisolaris Movement.
(b) Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Armed Forces.
(c) Commander-in-Chief of the Battle Command Center.
(d) Commander-in-Chief of the Nanotechnology Research Department.

6. What model did Copernicus present of the universe?
(a) A geocentric model.
(b) A lunocentric model.
(c) A heliocentric model.
(d) A omniscient model.

7. What is the name of the coffee shop where Wang goes to meet the other players in Chapter 18, "Meet-Up"?
(a) Dongguan Coffee Shop.
(b) Urumqi Coffee Shop.
(c) Yunhe Coffee Shop.
(d) Wenxue Coffee Shop.

8. How does Ye Wenjie describe having killed two people in the transcript from Chapter 25, "The Deaths of Lei Zhicheng and Yang Weining"?
(a) By shooting them.
(b) By cutting ropes while they were working on the face of the mountain.
(c) By using a telescope to crush them while they moved it.
(d) By hitting them with a van.

9. What does Ye Wenjie call the fluctuations of energy as planets move from one place to the next in Chapter 22, "Red Coast V"?
(a) Energy mirrors.
(b) Energy waves.
(c) Energy molars.
(d) Energy protons.

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

11. 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"?
(a) Shooting stars.
(b) Gaseous bodies.
(c) Vast planets.
(d) Moons.

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

13. How many stable configurations has Wei Cheng's algorithm uncovered for the three bodies, according to the narrative in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
(a) More than 100.
(b) More than 250.
(c) More than 150.
(d) More than 200.

14. What is the gate computing system named in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?
(a) MIA.
(b) Clan 2.
(c) FORCO.
(d) Qin 1.

15. During what time period has Wang Miao arrived when he plays the Three Body game in the beginning of Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
(a) The Shang dynasty.
(b) The European High Middle Ages.
(c) The Bronze Age.
(d) The Xia dynasty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years go by with Evans working to confirm the truths of Ye Wenjie's story in Chapter 28, "The Second Red Coast Base"?

2. Wei Cheng reveals that his research on the three-body problem is similar to what method in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?

3. Who is shot, injured, and taken to the hospital during the conflict in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?

4. With whom is Leibniz dueling in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?

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

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