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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. How many years go by with Evans working to confirm the truths of Ye Wenjie's story in Chapter 28, "The Second Red Coast Base"?
2. What does Ye Wenjie begin doing with the locals near the base of the Red Coast in Chapter 26, "No One Repents"?
3. What civilization is destroyed in the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
4. 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"?
5. What is the circumference of the Earth's sun?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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"?
2. Who builds the Second Red Coast Base? Why?
3. What setting is established when Wang logs onto the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
4. Why does Ye Wenjie claim the Lord is afraid of nanotechnology in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?
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. What is revealed in the extraterrestrial message Ye Wenjie receives in Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?
7. What is discovered at Wei Cheng's house in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
8. How are the Stable Eras and Chaotic Eras on Trisolaris explained in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
9. How do the circumstances at the Red Coast Base change when the new commander arrives in Chapter 26, "No One Repents"?
10. Why does Cheng say he is being threatened in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the cosmic microwave background? What composes the cosmic microwave background? Why is this significant in the plot of The Three-Body Problem?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the three-body problem in physics and discuss how it applies in this novel. What are the components of the three-body problem? How does it apply to Trisolaris? What research is described on this problem in the novel?
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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