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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 is destroyed in the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
2. Who confirms that there are records from previous civilizations to support the concept of three suns in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"f?
3. When did Gottfried Leibniz live?
4. During what years did the Cultural Revolution take place in China?
5. How much money does Mike Evans's father leave him when he dies?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Ye Wenjie claim the Lord is afraid of nanotechnology in Chapter 24, "Rebellion"?
2. How do the circumstances at the Red Coast Base change when the new commander arrives in Chapter 26, "No One Repents"?
3. What is discovered at Wei Cheng's house in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
4. What is revealed in the extraterrestrial message Ye Wenjie receives in Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?
5. What happens as a result of the gate computing system in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?
6. 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"?
7. Who is present when Wang arrives for the Three Body player meeting in Chapter 18, "Meet-Up"?
8. What three bodies does Ye Wenjie use to try to work out the three-body problem in Chapter 22, "Red Coast V"?
9. Why does Cheng say he is being threatened in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
10. 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"?
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 the events surrounding the beginning of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China. What led up to the revolution? What events of the revolution does the author describe in the beginning of the novel? How do these events set the mood for the story?
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