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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is attempting to break up the dual when Wang enters the Three Body game in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?
(a) Wenxue.
(b) Von Neumann.
(c) John Harrison.
(d) Xu Bingbing.

2. To what district does Wang Miao go to meet the other players in Chapter 18, "Meet-Up"?
(a) The Dongguan District.
(b) The Xicheng District.
(c) The Lihua District.
(d) The Shenzhen District.

3. What does the first extraterrestrial that contacts Ye Wenjie claim to be in Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?
(a) A pacifist.
(b) A researcher.
(c) A politician.
(d) A teacher.

4. When did Copernicus live?
(a) 540-500 BC.
(b) 1473-1543.
(c) 1452-1519.
(d) 1564-1642.

5. How much money does Mike Evans's father leave him when he dies?
(a) $4.5 billion.
(b) $6.5 billion.
(c) $2 billion.
(d) $2.5 billion.

6. 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"?
(a) In their thirties.
(b) In their fifties.
(c) In their forties.
(d) In their twenties.

7. When does Mike Evans say the Trisolarans are due to arrive on Earth in Chapter 28, "The Second Red Coast Base"?
(a) In 350 years.
(b) In 450 years.
(c) In 125 years.
(d) In 230 years.

8. What pope does Wang meet in the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
(a) Pope Samuel.
(b) Pope Benedict.
(c) Pope Gregory.
(d) Pope John Paul.

9. 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"?
(a) July 23, 1982.
(b) January 12, 1978.
(c) March 16, 1975.
(d) October 21, 1979.

10. What civilization is destroyed in the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
(a) Civilization 193.
(b) Civilization 83.
(c) Civilization 103.
(d) Civilization 183.

11. What word from Chapter 28, "The Second Red Coast Base" means to make an idea or cause widely known?
(a) Emulate.
(b) Emigrate.
(c) Promulgate.
(d) Corrugate.

12. For what animal is Mike Evans planting trees when he is encountered by Ye Wenjie in Chapter 27, "Evans"?
(a) For the kakapo.
(b) For the northwestern brown swallow.
(c) For the New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar.
(d) For the Bengal Florican.

13. When do the individuals who killed Ye Wenjie's father say their idealism faded in Chapter 26, "No One Repents"?
(a) When they were sent to the countryside.
(b) When they learned about nanotechnology research.
(c) When they were sent to the city.
(d) When they met American ambassadors.

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

15. Where is the Mount Wilson Observatory located?
(a) Los Angeles, California.
(b) Phoenix, Arizona.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) London, England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where two historically important telescopes are contained at the Mount Wilson Observatory?

2. In what industry is Mike Evans's father said to work in Chapter 27, "Evans"?

3. During what years did the Cultural Revolution take place in China?

4. What is the position of the man that Ye Wenjie's mother marries after the Cultural Revolution?

5. Who is the computer specialist from the Information Security Division that is introduced in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?

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