The Three-Body Problem Quizzes

The Three-Body Problem Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Three-Body Problem?
Ken Liu

Ted Chiang

Mo Yan

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

Joel Martinsen

Liu Cixin

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

Canada

Japan

The United States
4 In what year was The Three-Body Problem first published?
2004

2012

2000

2008
5 In what year was The Three-Body Problem published in English?
2018

2020

2014

2016
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?
Qiang

Weisi

Cixin

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

Shi and Ding

Ye and Wang

Shi 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 during a struggle session

He's killed by Trisolaran sophons
10 What happens to Ye Wenjie's sister?
She survives the Cultural Revolution and has a successful life

She's killed during a fight between Red Guard factions

She's killed by Trisolaran sophons

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 struggle session

She's killed during a fight between Red Guard factions

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

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

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

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
13 Why is Ye Wenjie taken to Red Coast Base?
All political enemies are taken to Red Coast Base

Her scientific expertise

Her contact with the Trisolarans

Her relationship with Yang Weining
14 What is Wang's hobby?
He has no hobbies; he is obsessed with his work

Downhill skiing

Discussing complex philosophical concepts with the Frontiers of Science

Landscape photography
15 What is the Frontiers of Science?
A military branch of the ETO

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

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?
Police captain

None; Shi Qiang is a drifter

Theoretical physicist

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

Smokestack

Da Shi

Ding-dong
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?
Chief Weining

Commissar Lei

Commander Chang

General Stanton
20 How does Wang know Yang Dong?
He was her professor of applied physics at Tsinghua University

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
21 Who was Yang Dong's boyfriend?
Shi Qiang

Ye Zhetai

Ding Yi

Wang Miao
22 Who was Yang Dong's mother?
The novel doesn't say

An unnamed woman at Red Coast Base

Shen Yufei

Ye Wenjie
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?
Ding Yi's house

Church

His office

Home
25 What is Wang's job?
Developing nanomaterial

Tracking cosmic background radiation

Communicating with the Trisolarans

University professor

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