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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date does Ye Wenjie confess to having killed two people in the document from Chapter 25, "The Deaths of Lei Zhicheng and Yang Weining"?
(a) January 12, 1978.
(b) October 21, 1979.
(c) March 16, 1975.
(d) July 23, 1982.

2. What warning is repeated several times in the first message that Ye Wenjie receives from an extraterrestrial in Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?
(a) "Send help!"
(b) "Do not answer!"
(c) "Prepare for war!"
(d) "Reply immediately!"

3. With whom does Wei Cheng describe his wife having argued with in the past in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
(a) Yang Weining.
(b) Xu Bingbing.
(c) Bai Mulin.
(d) Pan Han.

4. What is the planet that is the focus in the Three Body game?
(a) Cryton.
(b) Caros.
(c) Silentius.
(d) Trisolaris.

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

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

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 thirties.
(b) In their forties.
(c) In their fifties.
(d) In their twenties.

8. With whom is Leibniz dueling in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?
(a) Emperor Qin Shi Huan.
(b) Von Neumann.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) Copernicus.

9. 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) Out of gratitude for his having taken her from her family.
(c) Out of fear for reprisal.
(d) Because her family forced her to marry.

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

11. During what years did the Cultural Revolution take place in China?
(a) 1969-1980.
(b) 1982-1990.
(c) 1966-1976.
(d) 1962-1972.

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

13. Where is the Second Red Coast Base that Mike Evans brings Ye Wenjie to in Chapter 28, "The Second Red Coast Base"?
(a) Floating on a ship at sea.
(b) On top of a massive volcano.
(c) Atop an Egyptian pyramid.
(d) Deep in an Aztec jungle.

14. Where was Copernicus born?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) France.
(c) Ukraine.
(d) Royal Prussia.

15. What is the position of the man that Ye Wenjie's mother marries after the Cultural Revolution?
(a) He is a travel agent.
(b) He is an education minister.
(c) He is a senator.
(d) He is a jet pilot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ye Wenjie's respons when Wang Miao asks her why the Lord is so afraid of nanotechnology in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?

2. What has the Great Pyramid been replaced with in the Three Body game in Chapter 19, "Three Body: Einstein, the Pendulum Monument, and the Great Rip"?

3. When does Mike Evans say the Trisolarans are due to arrive on Earth in Chapter 28, "The Second Red Coast Base"?

4. What does Ye Wenjie call the fluctuations of energy as planets move from one place to the next in Chapter 22, "Red Coast V"?

5. Who is Shen Yufei's husband?

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