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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the circumference of the Earth's sun?
(a) 2,713,406 miles.
(b) 1,632,402 miles.
(c) 982,450 miles.
(d) 362,450 miles.

3. Who set China's Cultural Revolution into place?
(a) Emperor Youchao.
(b) Chairman Mao Zedong.
(c) President Xi Jinping.
(d) Emperor Fuxi.

4. 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) Von Neumann.
(b) Xu Bingbing.
(c) Wenxue.
(d) John Harrison.

5. To what district does Wang Miao go to meet the other players in Chapter 18, "Meet-Up"?
(a) The Shenzhen District.
(b) The Lihua District.
(c) The Xicheng District.
(d) The Dongguan District.

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

7. How old are three of the four girls that killed Ye Wenjie's father when she tracks them down in Chapter 26, "No One Repents"?
(a) In their fifties.
(b) In their forties.
(c) In their twenties.
(d) In their thirties.

8. 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 learned about nanotechnology research.
(c) When they met American ambassadors.
(d) When they were sent to the city.

9. Who is the computer specialist from the Information Security Division that is introduced in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
(a) Yan Weining.
(b) Cheng Lihua.
(c) Lei Zhicheng.
(d) Xu Bingbing.

10. What civilization is said to have proven that there is no solution to the three-body problem in Chapter 19, "Three Body: Einstein, the Pendulum Monument, and the Great Rip"?
(a) Civilization 111.
(b) Civilization 132.
(c) Civilization 192.
(d) Civilization 214.

11. In what vehicle does the assassin escape in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
(a) A white pickup truck.
(b) A black SUV.
(c) A black pickup truck.
(d) A black sedan.

12. What does the first extraterrestrial that contacts Ye Wenjie claim to be in Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?
(a) A researcher.
(b) A pacifist.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A politician.

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

14. What term refers to temporary phenomena on the photosphere of the sun making areas appear dark?
(a) Sunstreams.
(b) Swirls.
(c) Sunspots.
(d) Helium deposits.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Aristotle live?

2. What position does Mike Evans grant to Ye Wenjie in Chapter 28, "The Second Red Coast Base"?

3. How does Ye Wenjie describe having killed two people in the transcript from Chapter 25, "The Deaths of Lei Zhicheng and Yang Weining"?

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

5. What planet's rotation swings are discussed as observed from the Mount Wilson Observatory in Chapter 22, "Red Coast V"?

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