The Three-Body Problem Quizzes

The Three-Body Problem Quiz 1

By Hannah Lindsey · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed January 20, 2023

1 Who wrote The Three-Body Problem?

Liu Cixin

Mo Yan

Ted Chiang

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

Ken Liu

Liu Cixin

Joel Martinsen

Ted Chiang
3 In what country was The Three-Body Problem originally published?

Japan

China

Canada

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

2012

2004

2008

2000
5 In what year was The Three-Body Problem published in English?

2014

2016

2020

2018
6 The Three-Body Problem was...

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

The first Chinese science fiction novel published in the United States

The first novel to be banned from all American middle schools

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?

Ye and Wang

Commissar Lei and Chief Weining

Shi and Ding

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

He's killed during a struggle session

He's killed by Trisolaran sophons

He's killed in Tiananmen Square

He's killed by her sister, Wenxue, who joined the Red Guard
10 What happens to Ye Wenjie's sister?

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

She's killed during a struggle session
11 What happens to Ye Wenjie's mother?

She's killed during a fight between Red Guard factions

She's killed during a struggle session

She survives the Cultural Revolution and has a successful life

She's killed by Trisolaran sophons
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

All political enemies are taken to Red Coast Base

Her scientific expertise
14 What is Wang's hobby?

He has no hobbies; he is obsessed with his work

Discussing complex philosophical concepts with the Frontiers of Science

Landscape photography

Downhill skiing
15 What is the Frontiers of Science?

A class Ye Wenjie teaches at Tsinghua University

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

A military branch of the ETO

A group of intellectuals that come together to ask: What is the limit of science?
16 What is Shi Qiang's job?

Police captain

Theoretical physicist

Science fiction author

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

Smokestack

Qiang the Conqueror

Da Shi

Ding-dong
18 What is Wang's first impression of Shi Qiang?

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

Wang despises him

Wang wants to get to know him better

Wang is jealous of him
19 Who runs the Battle Command Center?

Chief Weining

General Stanton

Commissar Lei

Commander Chang
20 How does Wang know Yang Dong?

She corrected him at a nuclear reactor in front of his employees, embarrassing him

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

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

An unnamed woman at Red Coast Base

Shen Yufei

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

Her forehead

The wall of her particle reactor

Pig skin

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

His office

Home

Church

Ding Yi's house
25 What is Wang's job?

Developing nanomaterial

Communicating with the Trisolarans

University professor

Tracking cosmic background radiation

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