The Three-Body Problem Quizzes

The Three-Body Problem Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Three-Body Problem?
Ted Chiang

Liu Cixin

Ken Liu

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

Joel Martinsen

Ted Chiang

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

The United States

Canada

China
4 In what year was The Three-Body Problem first published?
2008

2012

2004

2000
5 In what year was The Three-Body Problem published in English?
2018

2020

2016

2014
6 The Three-Body Problem was...
The first novel to be banned from all American middle schools

The first Chinese science fiction novel published in the United States

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?
Miao

Weisi

Cixin

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

Commissar Lei and Chief Weining

Ye and Wang

Shi and Ding
9 What happens to Ye Wenjie's father?
He's killed by Trisolaran sophons

He's killed during a struggle session

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

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

She's killed during a fight between Red Guard factions

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 survives the Cultural Revolution and has a successful life

She's killed during a fight between Red Guard factions

She's killed during a struggle session

She's killed by Trisolaran sophons
12 What book inspires Ye Wenjie's thoughts about humanity?
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

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

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

All political enemies are taken to Red Coast Base

Her relationship with Yang Weining

Her contact with the Trisolarans
14 What is Wang's hobby?
Downhill skiing

Discussing complex philosophical concepts with the Frontiers of Science

Landscape photography

He has no hobbies; he is obsessed with his work
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

Science fiction author

None; Shi Qiang is a drifter

Theoretical physicist
17 What is Shi Qiang's nickname?
Qiang the Conqueror

Ding-dong

Smokestack

Da Shi
18 What is Wang's first impression of Shi Qiang?
Wang despises him

Wang is jealous of him

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

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

Commander Chang

Chief Weining

General Stanton
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?
Shi Qiang

Ding Yi

Ye Zhetai

Wang Miao
22 Who was Yang Dong's mother?
Ye Wenjie

Shen Yufei

An unnamed woman at Red Coast Base

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

The wall of her particle reactor

Birch bark

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

His office

Home

Church
25 What is Wang's job?
University professor

Developing nanomaterial

Communicating with the Trisolarans

Tracking cosmic background radiation

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