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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Mount Wilson Observatory located?
(a) London, England.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Los Angeles, California.
(d) Phoenix, Arizona.

2. What pope does Wang meet in the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
(a) Pope Benedict.
(b) Pope John Paul.
(c) Pope Samuel.
(d) Pope Gregory.

3. What civilization is destroyed in the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
(a) Civilization 83.
(b) Civilization 103.
(c) Civilization 193.
(d) Civilization 183.

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

5. Who is discovered to have been murdered in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
(a) Yang Weining.
(b) Bai Mulin.
(c) Yang Dong.
(d) Shen Yufei.

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

7. Who leads the soldiers that set upon the meeting of the Three Body players in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?
(a) Shi Qiang.
(b) Yang Weining.
(c) Bai Mulin.
(d) Lei Zhicheng.

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 using a telescope to crush them while they moved it.
(b) By hitting them with a van.
(c) By shooting them.
(d) By cutting ropes while they were working on the face of the mountain.

9. What civilization comes to an end in the Three Body game in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?
(a) Civilization 99.
(b) Civilization 184.
(c) Civilization 116.
(d) Civilization 192.

10. What causes the Mount Wilson Observatory to have more natural steady air than any location in North America?
(a) A dead zone for radio signals.
(b) A natural wind coverage.
(c) An inversion layer that traps smog.
(d) A light refractor around its surface.

11. For how many years does the narrator describe Ye Wenjie continuing her work peacefully in the beginning of Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?
(a) 20.
(b) Eight.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

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

13. In what industry is Mike Evans's father said to work in Chapter 27, "Evans"?
(a) In the timber industry.
(b) In the coal industry.
(c) In the oil industry.
(d) In the gold industry.

14. Where two historically important telescopes are contained at the Mount Wilson Observatory?
(a) The Kopernik-500 telescope and the Giotto telescope.
(b) The Giotto telescope and the 60-inche telescope.
(c) The Hooker telescope and the 60-inch telescope.
(d) The OAO C telescope and the Magellan telescope.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Second Red Coast Base that Mike Evans brings Ye Wenjie to in Chapter 28, "The Second Red Coast Base"?

2. What model did Copernicus present of the universe?

3. Where was Copernicus born?

4. For how long is the gate computing system put into place in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?

5. Who invented the Marine chronometer?

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