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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 protons.
(b) Energy molars.
(c) Energy waves.
(d) Energy mirrors.

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"?
(a) The United States World Trace Center.
(b) The Eiffel Tower.
(c) The United Nations Headquarters.
(d) An ancient castle.

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

4. 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 150.
(c) More than 250.
(d) More than 200.

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

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

7. When did Ye Wenjie begin testing on strengthening transmissions from Earth by using the sun, according to the narrative in Chapter 22, "Red Coast V"?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1971.

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

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

10. Who confirms that there are records from previous civilizations to support the concept of three suns in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"f?
(a) Yang Weining.
(b) Yan Weining.
(c) Leonardo da Vinci.
(d) Rachel Carson.

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

12. 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 192.
(b) Civilization 111.
(c) Civilization 132.
(d) Civilization 214.

13. 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 a senator.
(c) He is a jet pilot.
(d) He is an education minister.

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

15. When do the individuals who killed Ye Wenjie's father say their idealism faded in Chapter 26, "No One Repents"?
(a) When they learned about nanotechnology research.
(b) When they were sent to the countryside.
(c) When they were sent to the city.
(d) When they met American ambassadors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 28, "The Second Red Coast Base" means to make an idea or cause widely known?

2. For how many years does the narrator describe Ye Wenjie continuing her work peacefully in the beginning of Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?

3. Who leads the soldiers that set upon the meeting of the Three Body players in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?

4. To what district does Wang Miao go to meet the other players in Chapter 18, "Meet-Up"?

5. Who is the computer specialist from the Information Security Division that is introduced in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?

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