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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. What term refers to scientific research aimed to improve theories for better understanding or prediction of natural or other phenomena?

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 gift does Ye Wenjie give to Wang Miao when he visits in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?

4. Who is Ye Zhetai's wife in the narrative?

5. What types of centers does Captain Shi Qiang describe all around the world and working together in Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Ye Zhetai? What is his character's importance in The Three-Body Problem?

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

4. What has happened to Ye Wenjie's daughter in the novel?

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

6. When did the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution take place? Why is it important in The Three-Body Problem?

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

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

9. Where is Ye Wenjie taken by helicopter in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"? Why?

10. What setting is described when Wang logs onto the Three Body game in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Wang Miao in the novel. What is Wang's area of focus? How does Wang become involved in the mysteries of the missing academics? How does Wang's character change in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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