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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. Who invented the Marine chronometer?
(a) Isaac Newton.
(b) John Harrison.
(c) Rachel Carson.
(d) Albert Einstein.

2. When did Galileo live?
(a) 1602-1659.
(b) 1624-1700.
(c) 1564-1642.
(d) 1711-1777.

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

4. 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 jet pilot.
(d) He is a senator.

5. Who set China's Cultural Revolution into place?
(a) Chairman Mao Zedong.
(b) President Xi Jinping.
(c) Emperor Fuxi.
(d) Emperor Youchao.

Short Answer 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"?

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

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

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"?

5. How does Ye Wenjie describe having killed two people in the transcript from Chapter 25, "The Deaths of Lei Zhicheng and Yang Weining"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. What does Wei Cheng reveal about his research in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?

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

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

9. What happens after Shi Qiang barges in on the meeting in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?

10. What argument does Cheng describe overhearing between Pan Han and his wife in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?

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