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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 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.

2. What does a woman claim the spheres are that make up the three-body problem model in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?
(a) Telescopes.
(b) Radio transmitters.
(c) Nuclear bombs.
(d) Radiators.

3. 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 214.
(c) Civilization 111.
(d) Civilization 192.

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. 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 met American ambassadors.
(c) When they were sent to the city.
(d) When they were sent to the countryside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two elements compose the majority of the sun?

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

3. What is the name of the coffee shop where Wang goes to meet the other players in Chapter 18, "Meet-Up"?

4. What is the planet that is the focus in the Three Body game?

5. Who is shot, injured, and taken to the hospital during the conflict in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. What does Ye Wenjie confess in the transcripts from Chapter 25, "The Deaths of Lei Zhicheng and Yang Weining"?

4. What setting is established when Wang logs onto the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?

5. 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"?

6. How is the setting of the Three Body world described when Wang logs on in Chapter 19, "Three Body: Einstein, the Pendulum Monument, and the Great Rip"?

7. Why does Ye Wenjie claim the Lord is afraid of nanotechnology in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?

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

9. Why does Ye Wenjie choose to respond to the message she receives in Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?

10. How are the Stable Eras and Chaotic Eras on Trisolaris explained in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?

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