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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the source of the papers that are presented to Ye Wenjie in jail in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

2. What is the organization that controls China's nuclear missiles, according to the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

3. What was the profession held by Hai Mo?

4. What does Sha Ruishan give to Wang Miao to enable him to see the microwave background on their research in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?

5. How many regiments comprise the Inner Mongolia Production and Construction Corps, according to the narrator in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed in the "Translator's Notes" in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

2. What setting is established in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"? How is it described?

3. What is the significance of the literary allusions to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in the novel?

4. What does Ye Wenjie remark about potential alien contact in Chapter 14, "Red Coast IV"?

5. Why does Wang Miao visit Ye Wenjie's home in Chapter 8, “Ye Wenjie”?

6. What setting is established in Chapter 4, “The Frontiers of Science"? How much time has passed as Part II: "Three-Body" begins?

7. What setting is established in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"? What has brought Ye Wenjie to this location?

8. Where does Ye Wenjie go after her father's death? Why?

9. Who is Shao Lin and what is revealed about her character in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

10. What subjects does Ye Wenjie study in Chapter 12, "Red Coast II"? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Professor Ye Zhetai and the events that occur surrounding him in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years." Why is Ye Zehai being persecuted? Who is persecuting him? How do these events impact Ye Wenjie?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the dynamics of the Earth-Trisolaris Movement. Who formed this movement? What different factions break off within the movement? What do each of these factions believe?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Ye Wenjie taken to the Red Coast Base? What leads her to work at the base? What kind of work does she do on the base?

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