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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 tutoring them.
(c) She begins firing them.
(d) She begins hiring them.

2. 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 132.
(b) Civilization 111.
(c) Civilization 192.
(d) Civilization 214.

3. 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 twenties.
(d) In their fifties.

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

5. What term does Mike Evans use to describe his support for animal rights in Chapter 27, "Evans"?
(a) "Pan-Species Naturalism."
(b) "Pan-Species Idealism."
(c) "Pan-Species Culturalism."
(d) "Pan-Species Communism."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many troops does Emperor Qin Shi Huan order to participate in the gate computing system in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?

2. What term refers to temporary phenomena on the photosphere of the sun making areas appear dark?

3. When did Leonardo da Vinci live?

4. 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"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the circumstances at the Red Coast Base change when the new commander arrives in Chapter 26, "No One Repents"?

2. What does Ye Wenjie's discovery involving "energy mirrors" mean for her work in Chapter 22, "Red Coast V"?

3. What happens as a result of the gate computing system in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?

4. How does Pan Han explain the purpose of the Three Body game in Chapter 18, "Meet-Up"?

5. Who builds the Second Red Coast Base? Why?

6. Why does Ye Wenjie not visit her mother after leaving the Red Coast Base?

7. What three bodies does Ye Wenjie use to try to work out the three-body problem in Chapter 22, "Red Coast V"?

8. Why does Cheng say he is being threatened in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?

9. When does Ye Wenjie begin sending messages to space? What response does she receive?

10. What happens at the conclusion of Wang's session playing the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?

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