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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 civilization comes to an end in the Three Body game in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?
2. What does the first extraterrestrial that contacts Ye Wenjie claim to be in Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?
3. What causes the Mount Wilson Observatory to have more natural steady air than any location in North America?
4. What word from Chapter 28, "The Second Red Coast Base" means to make an idea or cause widely known?
5. What does a woman claim the spheres are that make up the three-body problem model in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is described as one of the biggest challenges for the Red Coast Base in Chapter 22, "Red Coast V"?
2. Why does Cheng say he is being threatened in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
3. 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"?
4. Why does Ye Wenjie not visit her mother after leaving the Red Coast Base?
5. 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"?
6. How are the Stable Eras and Chaotic Eras on Trisolaris explained in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
7. What happens after Shi Qiang barges in on the meeting in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?
8. What setting is established when Wang logs onto the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
9. What three bodies does Ye Wenjie use to try to work out the three-body problem in Chapter 22, "Red Coast V"?
10. Who is present when Wang arrives for the Three Body player meeting in Chapter 18, "Meet-Up"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the mission of the organization called Frontiers of Science in the novel? Who leads this organization? What role does this organization play in the main plot of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author's repeated allusions to the book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson in The Three-Body Problem. Who introduces this book to Ye Wenjie? How does the book affect her? How does it influence her actions in the rest of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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