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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. 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"?
2. For how many years does the narrator describe Ye Wenjie continuing her work peacefully in the beginning of Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?
3. Who invented the Marine chronometer?
4. When did Gottfried Leibniz live?
5. Who is the organizer for the meeting of the Three Body players in Chapter 18, "Meet-Up"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is discovered at Wei Cheng's house in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
2. What setting is established when Wang logs onto the Three Body game in Chapter 15, "Three Body: Copernicus, Universal Football, and Tri-Solar Day"?
3. What argument does Cheng describe overhearing between Pan Han and his wife in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
4. What is described as one of the biggest challenges for the Red Coast Base in Chapter 22, "Red Coast V"?
5. What is happening when Wang logs onto the Three Body game in Chapter 17, "Three Body: Newton, Von Neumann, the First Emperor, and Tri-Solar Syzygy"?
6. Why does Ye Wenjie choose to respond to the message she receives in Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?
7. Who builds the Second Red Coast Base? Why?
8. Why does Cheng say he is being threatened in Chapter 16, "The Three Body Problem"?
9. What is revealed in the extraterrestrial message Ye Wenjie receives in Chapter 23, "Red Coast VI"?
10. Why does Ye Wenjie not visit her mother after leaving the Red Coast Base?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the characters and the relationships of Ying Di, Yang Dong, and Ye Wenjie. What connects these characters? What relationships do these characters have with Wang Miao?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's exploration of history in The Three-Body Problem. What are some historical figures that appear in the novel? Why do they appear? How is history explored thematically?
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