The Three-Body Problem Quizzes

The Three-Body Problem Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Three-Body Problem?

Liu Cixin

Ken Liu

Mo Yan

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

Joel Martinsen

Ted Chiang

Ken Liu

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

China

Japan

The United States

Canada
4 In what year was The Three-Body Problem first published?

2000

2008

2004

2012
5 In what year was The Three-Body Problem published in English?

2016

2014

2020

2018
6 The Three-Body Problem was...

The first novel to be banned from all American middle schools

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

The first Chinese science fiction novel published in the United States

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

Weisi

Cixin

Miao

Qiang
8 Who are the protagonists of The Three-Body Problem?

Shi and Ding

Commissar Lei and Chief Weining

Shi and Wang

Ye and Wang
9 What happens to Ye Wenjie's father?

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

He's killed in Tiananmen Square

He's killed by Trisolaran sophons

He's killed during a struggle session
10 What happens to Ye Wenjie's sister?

She survives the Cultural Revolution and has a successful life

She's killed during a struggle session

She's killed during a fight between Red Guard factions

She's killed by Trisolaran sophons
11 What happens to Ye Wenjie's mother?

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
12 What book inspires Ye Wenjie's thoughts about humanity?

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

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

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
13 Why is Ye Wenjie taken to Red Coast Base?

Her relationship with Yang Weining

Her contact with the Trisolarans

Her scientific expertise

All political enemies are taken to Red Coast Base
14 What is Wang's hobby?

Landscape photography

He has no hobbies; he is obsessed with his work

Downhill skiing

Discussing complex philosophical concepts with the Frontiers of Science
15 What is the Frontiers of Science?

An underground group of intellectuals developed to preserve scientific knowledge during the Cultural Revolution

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?
16 What is Shi Qiang's job?

Theoretical physicist

Science fiction author

Police captain

None; Shi Qiang is a drifter
17 What is Shi Qiang's nickname?

Smokestack

Ding-dong

Da Shi

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

Wang despises him

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

Wang is jealous of him

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

General Stanton

Chief Weining

Commissar Lei

Commander Chang
20 How does Wang know Yang Dong?

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

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

Ye Zhetai

Ding Yi

Wang Miao

Shi Qiang
22 Who was Yang Dong's mother?

Ye Wenjie

The novel doesn't say

An unnamed woman at Red Coast Base

Shen Yufei
23 What did Yang Dong write her suicide note on?

Pig skin

The wall of her particle reactor

Her forehead

Birch bark
24 Where does Wang go after his first meeting at the Battle Command Center?

Ding Yi's house

His office

Church

Home
25 What is Wang's job?

Communicating with the Trisolarans

Tracking cosmic background radiation

Developing nanomaterial

University professor

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