The Three-Body Problem Quizzes

The Three-Body Problem Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Three-Body Problem?
Mo Yan

Liu Cixin

Ken Liu

Ted Chiang
2 Who translated The Three-Body Problem into English?
Ken Liu

Ted Chiang

Joel Martinsen

Liu Cixin
3 In what country was The Three-Body Problem originally published?
Canada

Japan

China

The United States
4 In what year was The Three-Body Problem first published?
2000

2012

2004

2008
5 In what year was The Three-Body Problem published in English?
2016

2018

2014

2020
6 The Three-Body Problem was...
The first Chinese science fiction novel published in the United States

The first novel to be banned from all American middle schools

The first Asian novel to win a Hugo Award for Best Novel

All of these options are true
7 What is the character Wang's first name?
Cixin

Weisi

Miao

Qiang
8 Who are the protagonists of The Three-Body Problem?
Commissar Lei and Chief Weining

Shi and Ding

Shi and Wang

Ye and Wang
9 What happens to Ye Wenjie's father?
He's killed during a struggle session

He's killed in Tiananmen Square

He's killed by her sister, Wenxue, who joined the Red Guard

He's killed by Trisolaran sophons
10 What happens to Ye Wenjie's sister?
She's killed by Trisolaran sophons

She's killed during a struggle session

She's killed during a fight between Red Guard factions

She survives the Cultural Revolution and has a successful life
11 What happens to Ye Wenjie's mother?
She's killed during a struggle session

She's killed during a fight between Red Guard factions

She's killed by Trisolaran sophons

She survives the Cultural Revolution and has a successful life
12 What book inspires Ye Wenjie's thoughts about humanity?
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, also known as the Little Red Book

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
13 Why is Ye Wenjie taken to Red Coast Base?
Her relationship with Yang Weining

Her contact with the Trisolarans

All political enemies are taken to Red Coast Base

Her scientific expertise
14 What is Wang's hobby?
Downhill skiing

He has no hobbies; he is obsessed with his work

Landscape photography

Discussing complex philosophical concepts with the Frontiers of Science
15 What is the Frontiers of Science?
A military branch of the ETO

A class Ye Wenjie teaches at Tsinghua University

A group of intellectuals that come together to ask: What is the limit of science?

An underground group of intellectuals developed to preserve scientific knowledge during the Cultural Revolution
16 What is Shi Qiang's job?
Police captain

None; Shi Qiang is a drifter

Theoretical physicist

Science fiction author
17 What is Shi Qiang's nickname?
Smokestack

Da Shi

Ding-dong

Qiang the Conqueror
18 What is Wang's first impression of Shi Qiang?
Wang is jealous of him

Wang thinks Shi is trying too hard to impress the Battle Command Center

Wang despises him

Wang wants to get to know him better
19 Who runs the Battle Command Center?
Commissar Lei

Commander Chang

General Stanton

Chief Weining
20 How does Wang know Yang Dong?
She corrected him at a nuclear reactor in front of his employees, embarrassing him

She was his coauthor on academic papers during their time at Tsinghua University

He never actually met her, but he saw her once at a worksite and was mesmerized by her

He was her professor of applied physics at Tsinghua University
21 Who was Yang Dong's boyfriend?
Ye Zhetai

Wang Miao

Shi Qiang

Ding Yi
22 Who was Yang Dong's mother?
Shen Yufei

Ye Wenjie

An unnamed woman at Red Coast Base

The novel doesn't say
23 What did Yang Dong write her suicide note on?
The wall of her particle reactor

Birch bark

Pig skin

Her forehead
24 Where does Wang go after his first meeting at the Battle Command Center?
Ding Yi's house

Church

Home

His office
25 What is Wang's job?
Communicating with the Trisolarans

University professor

Tracking cosmic background radiation

Developing nanomaterial

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